1912 VFL grand final

1912 VFL Grand Final
1912 VFL Grand Final
5.17 (47)	4.9 (33)
Date	28 September 1912
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	54,436

The 1912 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1912.^[1] It was the 15th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1912 VFL season. The match, attended by 54,436 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 14 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and second in succession.

Teams

Essendon

S. Melbourne

Essendon
B:	Jack O'Brien	Billy Griffith	George McLeod
HB:	Les White	Dan Hanley	Len Bowe
C:	Wally Chalmers	Bill Sewart	Fred Kirkwood
HF:	Jack Kirby	Frank Caine	Paddy Shea
F:	Jim Martin	Lou Armstrong	Bill Walker
Foll:	Allan Belcher (c)	Fred Baring	Percy Ogden
Coach:	Jack Worrall

South Melbourne
B:	Harry Saltau	Bob Deas	Bruce Sloss
HB:	Jack Scobie	William Thomas	Jack Walsh
C:	Joe Prince	Dick Mullaly	Jim Caldwell
HF:	Vic Belcher	Bert Franks	Fred Carpenter
F:	Dick Casey	Len Mortimer	Les Rusich
Foll:	Herbert Milne	Les Charge	Charlie Ricketts (c)
Coach:	Charlie Ricketts

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon:

F Baring 1
F Caine 1
J Kirby 1
P Ogden 1
B Walker 1

South Melbourne:

V Belcher 1
D Casey 1
B Franks 1
L Rusich 1

References

^ "30 Sep 1912 – FOOTBALL. THE GRAND FINAL 54,000 EXCITED ONLOOKE..." nla.gov.au. 30 September 1912.

[1] "30 Sep 1912 – FOOTBALL. THE GRAND FINAL 54,000 EXCITED ONLOOKE..." nla.gov.au. 30 September 1912.

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v t e Essendon Football Club 1912 VFL premiers
Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Belcher (c) 2. Armstrong 4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 9. Kirkwood 10. Hanley 11. Kirby 12. Martin 14. McLeod 16. Ogden 17. Sewart 18. Shea 19. White 20. Walker 25. O'Brien 27. Caine 29. Griffith
Coach: Worrall

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal AFLW best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Zach Merrett AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Steph Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (3)	2022 (S7) 2023 2024
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Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

See also

References