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1906 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1906 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
competition	AFL
match_type	Grand Final
home	[[File:Carlton Football Club colours (1897 to 1913).svg	50px]]

home_abbr	CAR
away	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1897 to 1907).svg	50px]]

away_abbr	FIT
home_qtr1	3.2 (20)
home_qtr2	7.4 (46)
home_qtr3	9.4 (58)
home_qtr4	15.4 (94)
away_qtr1	1.6 (12)
away_qtr2	1.7 (13)
away_qtr3	6.8 (44)
away_qtr4	6.9 (45)
home_score	15.4 (94)
away_score	6.9 (45)
date	22 September 1906
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
attendance	44,437
umpire	Bert Wregg
last	1905
next	1907

The 1906 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1906. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1906 VFL season. The match, attended by 44,437 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's first VFL premiership victory.

Lead-up

After the home-and-away season (which lasted for seventeen matches, including the "first round" of fourteen matches and a "second round" of three matches), Carlton was top of the ladder with a record of 14–3 and a percentage of 153.5; Fitzroy finished second with a record of 13–4 and a percentage of 153.3.

The finals were contested using the variation of the amended Argus system seen between 1902 and 1906. Fitzroy faced fourth-placed in the First Semi-Final, and won by 36 points, and Carlton faced third-placed in the Second Semi-Final and won by ten points.

Carlton (now 15–3) and Fitzroy (now 14–4) then faced off in the final. By virtue of their records, neither club could lose the match and still finish with a better win–loss record than the other; and therefore under the first amended Argus system, there was no chance for a challenge grand final and it was known from the opening bounce that this match would be decisive for the premiership.

Teams

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Umpire – Bert Wregg

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

Follower. (9 September 1906). "The Football Season". The Age.

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