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1913 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1913 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1913
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1908 to 1939).svg	50px]]

home_score	7.14 (56)
away	[[File:St Kilda Football Club colours (1913).svg	50px]]

away_score	5.13 (43)
home_abbr	FIT
away_abbr	STK
home_qtr1	3.6 (24)
home_qtr2	4.8 (32)
home_qtr3	5.11 (41)
home_qtr4	7.14 (56)
away_qtr1	0.1 (1)
away_qtr2	0.5 (5)
away_qtr3	1.10 (16)
away_qtr4	5.13 (43)
date	27 September 1913
attendance	59,556
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
umpire	Jack Elder
last	1912
next	1914

The 1913 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1913. It was the 16th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1913 VFL season. The match, attended by 59,556 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 13 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

It was St Kilda's first ever grand final appearance and they struggled early, not kicking a goal until the third quarter. A last quarter burst from St Kilda had them within two points when George Morrissey goaled. A mark to Des Baird looked like giving the Saints the lead but he handpassed it to Morrissey who was covered by his opponent and he could only kick a behind. Two late goals to Fitzroy sealed the game.

Teams

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	backpocket1 = Chris Lethbridge	fullback = Bert Lenne	backpocket2 = Artie Harrison	halfbackflank1 = Charlie Wells	Wally Johnson]]	Jack Cooper]]	wing1 = Teddy Buist	centre = Harold McLennan	George Holden]]	halfforwardflank1 = Percy Parratt	centrehalfforward = Thomas Heaney	Jim Toohey]]	Jim Martin]]	fullforward = Jimmy Freake	George Shaw]]	Bill Walker]] (c)	Charlie Norris]]	rover = Percy Heron	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = Percy Parratt		backpocket1 = Harrie Hattam	fullback = Harry Lever (c)	backpocket2 = Dick L. Harris	halfbackflank1 = Wels Eicke	centrehalfback = Gordon Dangerfield	Reg Ellis]]	Ted Collins]]	centre = Billy Schmidt	Bob Bowden]]	halfforwardflank1 = Roy Cazaly	centrehalfforward = Phil Lynch	halfforwardflank2 = Percy Jory	forwardpocket1 = Des Baird	fullforward = Ernie Sellars	forwardpocket2 = George Morrissey	ruck = Vic Cumberland	Bill Woodcock]]	rover = Algy Millhouse	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = George Sparrow}}

Umpire – Jack Elder

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

MCG crowd – 59,556

References

1913 VFL Grand Final statistics
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

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