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1920 VFL grand final
Grand final of the 1920 Victorian Football League season
Grand final of the 1920 Victorian Football League season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1920 | |
| competition | VFL | |
| home | [[File:Richmond Football Club colours (pre-2017).svg | 50px]] |
| home_score | 7.10 (52) | |
| away | [[File:Clunes Football Club colours.jpg | 50px]] |
| away_score | 5.5 (35) | |
| home_abbr | RICH | |
| away_abbr | COLL | |
| home_qtr1 | 1.2 (8) | |
| home_qtr2 | 2.5 (17) | |
| home_qtr3 | 4.7 (31) | |
| home_qtr4 | 7.10 (52) | |
| away_qtr1 | 1.2 (8) | |
| away_qtr2 | 1.2 (8) | |
| away_qtr3 | 3.4 (22) | |
| away_qtr4 | 5.5 (35) | |
| date | 2 October 1920 | |
| attendance | 53,908 | |
| stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| last | 1919 | |
| next | 1921 |
The 1920 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1920. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1920 VFL season. The match, attended by 53,908 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's first VFL/AFL premiership victory.
Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 1.2 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.10 (52) |
| Collingwood | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 (35) |
Teams
| {{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _goldrightsash | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _hoops_black | body = 000000 | shorts = ffffff | socks = FFD200 | title = Richmond | {{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _blackstripes4_2 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | body = ffffff | shorts =000000 | socks =000000 | title = Collingwood |
|---|
| backpocket1 = Reg Hede | fullback = Vic Thorp | Ernest Taylor]] | George Parkinson]] | centrehalfback = Max Hislop | James Smith]] | wing1 = Stan Morris | Checker Hughes]] | Robert Carew]] | halfforwardflank1 = Donald Don | centrehalfforward = Bob Weatherill | halfforwardflank2 = Frank Harley | Hugh James]] | fullforward = Dan Minogue (c) | Billy James]] | ruck = Barney Herbert | ruckrover = David Moffatt | rover = Clarrie Hall | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Dan Minogue}} | backpocket1 = Gus Dobrigh | fullback = Harry Saunders | backpocket2 = Bert Colechin | Charlie Brown]] | centrehalfback = Percy Rowe | halfbackflank2 = Charlie Tyson | Tom Drummond]] | Charlie Pannam]] | Bill Twomey]] | halfforwardflank1 = Ernie Wilson | centrehalfforward = Gordon Coventry | halfforwardflank2 = Maurie Sheehy | forwardpocket1 = Ernie Lumsden (c) | Harry Curtis]] | Percy Wilson]] | ruck = Les Hughes | ruckrover = Con McCarthy | rover = Charlie Laxton | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Jock McHale}} |
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- Umpire – Jack Elder
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