1920 VFL grand final

The 1920 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1920. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1920 VFL season. The match, attended by 53,908 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's first VFL/AFL premiership victory.

1920 VFL Grand Final
Richmond Collingwood 7.10 (52) 5.5 (35)
1 2 3 4 RICH 1.2 (8) 2.5 (17) 4.7 (31) 7.10 (52) COLL 1.2 (8) 1.2 (8) 3.4 (22) 5.5 (35)
Date	2 October 1920
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	53,908
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Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Richmond	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.10 (52)
Collingwood	1.2	1.2	3.4	5.5 (35)

Teams

Richmond

Collingwood

Richmond B: Reg Hede Vic Thorp Ernest Taylor HB: George Parkinson Max Hislop James Smith C: Stan Morris Checker Hughes Robert Carew HF: Donald Don Bob Weatherill Frank Harley F: Hugh James Dan Minogue (c) Billy James Foll: Barney Herbert David Moffatt Clarrie Hall Coach: Dan Minogue

Collingwood B: Gus Dobrigh Harry Saunders Bert Colechin HB: Charlie Brown Percy Rowe Charlie Tyson C: Tom Drummond Charlie Pannam Bill Twomey HF: Ernie Wilson Gordon Coventry Maurie Sheehy F: Ernie Lumsden (c) Harry Curtis Percy Wilson Foll: Les Hughes Con McCarthy Charlie Laxton Coach: Jock McHale

• Umpire – Jack Elder

Statistics

Goalkickers

Richmond FC, premiers

Richmond: D Don 2 C Hall 1 F Harley 1 B James 1 H James 1 B Weatherill 1

Runners Up: G Coventry 3 E Lumsden 1 M Sheehy 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1920 Grand Final

See also

• 1920 VFL season