The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an
Australian rules football game contested between the
Melbourne Football Club and
Fitzroy Football Club
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, held at the
East Melbourne Cricket Ground
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in
Melbourne
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on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual
Grand Final
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of the
Victorian Football League
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, staged to determine the
premiers
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for the
1900 VFL season
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. The match, attended by 20,181 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 4 points.
Lead-up
Although Melbourne only won six of its fourteen home-and-away fixtures to finish sixth on the ladder, it won its
sectional round-robin and defeated the other sectional winner, , in the semi-final for the right to face the minor premiers, Fitzroy, in the Grand Final; Fitzroy had won the previous two premierships and was aiming for a third premiership in a row.
The winner of this match would win the premiership.
Teams
Arthur Sowden, and
Bill Bowe were unable to play for the Melbourne team, due to injury, and
Eric Gardner
Eric Arthur Gardner (27 June 1881 – 24 May 1905) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The younger brother of Corrie Gardner, Eric was a long kicking forward. He played as a wi ...
was unavailable.
Football, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 24 September 1900), p.7.
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* Umpire - Henry "Ivo" Crapp
Statistics
Goalkickers
Melbourne:
* Geddes 1
* Leith 1
* Ryan 1
* Wardill 1
Fitzroy:
* Grace 2
* Barker 1
Attendance
* Crowd - 20,181
See also
* 1900 VFL season
The 1900 VFL season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 14 ...
Footnotes
References
1900 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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