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1931 VFL grand final

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Team 1 2 3 Final
Geelong 2.3 5.6 8.11 9.14 (68)
Richmond 1.2 4.5 5.5 7.6 (48)

The 1931 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1931. It was the 35th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1931 VFL season. The match, attended by 60,712 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.

Teams

Centreman Edward Greeves

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Statistics

Goalkickers

Geelong:

  • Baker 2
  • L.Hardiman 2
  • Metherell 2
  • Collins 1
  • Moloney 1
  • Troughton 1

Richmond:

  • D.Strang 3
  • Titus 2
  • Ford 1
  • Twyford 1

References

  • AFL Tables: 1931 Grand Final
  • 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. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

See also