1932 VFL grand final

The 1932 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1932. It was the 34th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1932 VFL season. The match, attended by 69,724 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 9 points. Richmond was competing in its fifth grand final in six years, and, after losing the previous four, finally claimed its third VFL/AFL premiership victory.

1932 VFL Grand Final
Carlton Richmond 12.11 (83) 13.14 (92)
1 2 3 4 CAR 2.3 (15) 5.6 (36) 7.11 (53) 12.11 (83) RIC 3.3 (21) 7.9 (51) 8.12 (60) 13.14 (92)
Date	1 October 1932
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	69,724
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Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Richmond	3.3	7.9	8.12	13.14 (92)
Carlton	2.3	5.6	7.11	12.11 (83)

Teams

Richmond

Carlton

Richmond B: Martin Bolger Maurie Sheahan Kevin O'Neill HB: Jack Baggott Joe Murdoch Basil McCormack C: Stan Judkins Eric Zschech Allan Geddes HF: Jack Twyford Gordon Strang Jack Titus F: Fred Heifner Doug Strang Maurie Hunter Foll: Percy Bentley (c) Thomas O'Halloran Ray Martin Res: Jack Anderson Coach: 'Checker' Hughes

Carlton B: Jim Crowe Frank Gill Charlie Street HB: Eric Huxtable Gordon Mackie Fred Gilby C: Joe Kelly Colin Martyn (c) Leo Opray HF: Keith Shea Alf Egan Mickey Crisp F: Horrie Bullen Harry Vallence Ron Cooper Foll: Charlie Davey Maurie Johnson Ansell Clarke Res: Jack Young Coach: Dan Minogue

• Umpire – Bob Scott

Statistics

Goalkickers

Richmond FC, premier team

Richmond: D.Strang 4 Titus 2 Anderson 1 Bentley 1 Heifner 1 Hunter 1 Martin 1 O'Halloran 1 G.Strang 1

Carlton: Vallence 5 Bullen 2 Clarke 2 Shea 2 Crisp 1

See also

• 1932 VFL season

References

• 1932 VFL Grand Final statistics from the AFL Tables
• 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

External links

• Games you may have missed: State Library of Victoria Australian Rules research guide