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1925 VFL grand final
Grand final of the 1925 Victorian Football League season
Grand final of the 1925 Victorian Football League season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1925 | |
| competition | VFL | |
| home | [[File:Geelong Football Club Colours.svg | 50px]] |
| home_score | 10.19 (79) | |
| away | [[File:Collingwood icon.svg | 50px]] |
| away_score | 9.15 (69) | |
| home_abbr | GEE | |
| away_abbr | COLL | |
| home_qtr1 | 3.2 (20) | |
| home_qtr2 | 7.8 (50) | |
| home_qtr3 | 10.13 (73) | |
| home_qtr4 | 10.19 (79) | |
| away_qtr1 | 2.5 (17) | |
| away_qtr2 | 4.9 (33) | |
| away_qtr3 | 6.12 (48) | |
| away_qtr4 | 9.15 (69) | |
| date | 10 October 1925 | |
| attendance | 64,288 | |
| stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| umpire | Jack McMurray Sr. | |
| last | 1923 | |
| next | 1926 |
The 1925 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1925. It was the 27th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1925 VFL season. The match, attended by 64,288 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 10 points, marking that club's first VFL premiership victory.
Geelong, competing in their first VFL grand final, had been the best side all season, having lost only two games on their way to the minor premiership and at one stage put together a sequence of 12 successive wins. Collingwood on the other hand had only made the finals on percentage, a spot only cemented when they defeated South Melbourne by 65 points in the final round.
Geelong outscored Collingwood in each of the first three quarters to open up a 25-point lead going into the final term. Collingwood finished strongly but Geelong held on to claim its first VFL premiership. Captain-coach Cliff Rankin starred with five goals.
Tom Fitzmaurice had extra reason to celebrate, as it was his 100th VFL match and his third successive premiership, having won flags in the previous two seasons at Essendon.
Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Geelong** | **3.2** | **7.8** | **10.13** | **10.19 (79)** |
| Collingwood | 2.5 | 4.9 | 6.12 | 9.15 (69) |
Teams
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|---|
| Les Smith]] | fullback = Keith Johns | Dave Ferguson]] | halfbackflank1 = Bill Hudd | centrehalfback = Tom Fitzmaurice | halfbackflank2 = Ken Leahy | Edward Stevenson]] | centre = Edward Greeves | Jack Williams]] | halfforwardflank1 = Arthur Rayson | George Todd]] | Jack Chambers]] | forwardpocket1 = Cliff Rankin (c) | fullforward = Lloyd Hagger | Syd Hall]] | Eric Fleming]] | ruckrover = Denis Heagney | Jim Warren]] | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Cliff Rankin}} | backpocket1 = George Beasley | fullback = Charlie Dibbs | backpocket2 = Jim Shanahan | halfbackflank1 = Charlie Tyson (c) | centrehalfback = Bob Makeham | halfbackflank2 = Ernie Wilson | wing1 = Charlie Milburn | centre = Harry Chesswas | wing2 = Leo Wescott | John Harris]] | Frank Murphy]] | halfforwardflank2 = Jim Lawn | forwardpocket1 = Les Stainsby | fullforward = Gordon Coventry | forwardpocket2 = Reg Baker | ruck = Syd Coventry | ruckrover = Laurie Murphy | rover = Reynolds Webb | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Jock McHale}} |
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- Umpire – Jack McMurray Sr.
Statistics
Goalkickers
Aftermath
In describing the scenes following Geelong's first VFL premiership and the club's first premiership since 1886 (in the VFA), The Age reported:
References
- 1925 VFL Grand Final statistics from the AFL Tables
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, John (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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