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1922 VFL grand final
Grand final of the 1922 Victorian Football League season
Grand final of the 1922 Victorian Football League season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1922 | |
| competition | VFL | |
| home | [[File:Clunes Football Club colours.jpg | 50px]] |
| home_score | 9.14 (68) | |
| away | [[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1908 to 1939).svg | 50px]] |
| away_score | 11.13 (79) | |
| home_abbr | COLL | |
| away_abbr | FIT | |
| home_qtr1 | 2.3 (15) | |
| home_qtr2 | 4.5 (29) | |
| home_qtr3 | 7.7 (49) | |
| home_qtr4 | 9.14 (68) | |
| away_qtr1 | 2.5 (17) | |
| away_qtr2 | 3.6 (24) | |
| away_qtr3 | 9.10 (64) | |
| away_qtr4 | 11.13 (79) | |
| date | 21 October 1922 | |
| attendance | 50,064 | |
| stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| last | 1921 | |
| next | 1923 |
The 1922 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 14 October 1922. It was the 25th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1922 VFL season.
The half-time break was more than thirty minutes.
The match, attended by 50,064 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 11 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.
Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Fitzroy** | **2.5** | **3.6** | **9.10** | **11.13 (79)** |
| Collingwood | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 9.14 (68) |
Teams
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|---|
| backpocket1 = Jim Atkinson | fullback = Horrie Jenkin | Bert Taylor]] | halfbackflank1 = Chris Lethbridge (c) | centrehalfback = Stan Molan | halfbackflank2 = Ern Elliot | wing1 = Clarrie Sherry | centre = Tommy Corrigan | Fred Williams]] | halfforwardflank1 = Percy Parratt | centrehalfforward = Steve Donnellan | halfforwardflank2 = Gordon Rattray | forwardpocket1 = Len Wigraft | fullforward = Jimmy Freake | forwardpocket2 = Len Gale | ruck = Gordon McCracken | ruckrover = Goldie Collins | rover = Clive Fergie | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Vic Belcher}} | backpocket1 = Ernie Wilson | fullback = Harry Saunders | backpocket2 = Laurie Murphy | halfbackflank1 = Charlie Tyson | Charlie Brown]] | Bill Twomey]] | Tom Drummond]] (c) | Charlie Pannam]] | wing2 = Leo Wescott | halfforwardflank1 = Harry Chesswas | centrehalfforward = Syd Coventry | halfforwardflank2 = Gordon Coventry | forwardpocket1 = Eric Cock | Dick Lee]] | Ted Baker]] | ruck = Percy Rowe | ruckrover = Maurie Sheehy | rover = Reynolds Webb | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Jock McHale}} |
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- Umpire – Jack Elder
Statistics

Goalkickers
Footnotes
References
References
- ''The Argus'', 16 October 1922.
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