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1923 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1923 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1923
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	8.15 (63)
away	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1908 to 1939).svg	50px]]

away_score	6.10 (46)
home_abbr	ESS
away_abbr	FIT
home_qtr1	3.2 (20)
home_qtr2	4.10 (34)
home_qtr3	6.13 (49)
home_qtr4	8.15 (63)
away_qtr1	3.3 (21)
away_qtr2	5.5 (35)
away_qtr3	5.9 (39)
away_qtr4	6.10 (46)
date	20 October 1923
attendance	46,566
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
umpire	Alec Mutch
last	1922
next	1925

The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1923 VFL season. The match, attended by 46,566 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

The match was scheduled to take place a week earlier but was postponed because the ground had been flooded after heavy rain. As a result, this Grand Final coincided with the Caulfield Cup.

Fitzroy were the reigning premiers, while Essendon had not won a premiership since 1912. Essendon were known at this time as the "Mosquito Fleet" due to their large number of small and pacey players such as Charlie Hardy and George Shorten.

George Rawle made his VFL debut in the Grand Final.

Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	3.2	4.10	6.13	8.15 (63)
Fitzroy	3.3	5.5	5.9	6.10 (46)

Teams

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	backpocket1 = Vince Irwin	fullback = Fred Baring	backpocket2 = Clyde Donaldson	Joe Harrison]]	centrehalfback = Tom Fitzmaurice	halfbackflank2 = Roy Laing	wing1 = Jack Garden	Charlie May]]	wing2 = Rowley Watt	Tommy Jenkins]]	Justin McCarthy]]	halfforwardflank2 = George Shorten	Syd Barker]] (c)	fullforward = Greg Stockdale	forwardpocket2 = Charlie Hardy	ruck = Norm Beckton	ruckrover = George Rawle	Frank Maher]]	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	Syd Barker]]}}		backpocket1 = Jim Atkinson	fullback = Horrie Jenkin	backpocket2 = Len Wigraft	halfbackflank1 = Jim Tarbotton	centrehalfback = Stan Molan	halfbackflank2 = Ern Elliot	wing1 = Arch Dickens	centre = Tommy Corrigan	wing2 = Clarrie Sherry	halfforwardflank1 = Percy Parratt	centrehalfforward = Norm Cockram	halfforwardflank2 = Gordon Rattray (c)	forwardpocket1 = Les Bryant	fullforward = Jimmy Freake	Harold Carter]]	ruck = Gordon McCracken	ruckrover = Goldie Collins	rover = Clive Fergie	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = Vic Belcher

Umpire – Alec Mutch

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

MCG crowd – 46,566

References

1923 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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