The 1916 season was played by only 4 teams, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond and Fitzroy, owing to the absence of many of the players who were fighting in World War I.
Carlton ended the home and away season with 10 wins from 12 games and were minor premiers. Fitzroy won only 2 games and a draw to finish bottom, however with only 4 teams available to fill the 4 finals spots they won through to the Grand Final thanks to victories over Collingwood by 6 points in the Semi Final and Carlton by 23 in the Final. Carlton defeated Richmond by 3 in the other Semi Final.
During the season the teams played 4 times, with Fitzroy winning the first match by 4 points, and Carlton winning the other three by 33, 29 and 21.
The four finals games were the only games that year played at the MCG.
1916, grand, final, 1916, grand, final, australian, rules, football, game, contested, between, carlton, football, club, fitzroy, football, club, held, melbourne, cricket, ground, melbourne, september, 1916, 19th, annual, grand, final, victorian, football, leag. The 1916 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 September 1916 It was the 19th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League staged to determine the premiers for the 1916 VFL season The match attended by 21 130 spectators was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 29 points marking that club s sixth premiership victory 1916 VFL Grand FinalFitzroy Carlton12 13 85 8 8 56 1 2 3 4FIT 4 6 30 8 8 56 10 11 71 12 13 85 CAR 2 0 12 4 2 26 6 8 44 8 8 56 Date2 September 1916StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundAttendance21 130 1915 VFL Grand Final 1917 Contents 1 Background 2 Teams 3 Statistics 3 1 Goalkickers 4 References 5 See alsoBackground editThe 1916 season was played by only 4 teams Carlton Collingwood Richmond and Fitzroy owing to the absence of many of the players who were fighting in World War I Carlton ended the home and away season with 10 wins from 12 games and were minor premiers Fitzroy won only 2 games and a draw to finish bottom however with only 4 teams available to fill the 4 finals spots they won through to the Grand Final thanks to victories over Collingwood by 6 points in the Semi Final and Carlton by 23 in the Final Carlton defeated Richmond by 3 in the other Semi Final During the season the teams played 4 times with Fitzroy winning the first match by 4 points and Carlton winning the other three by 33 29 and 21 The four finals games were the only games that year played at the MCG Teams edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Fitzroy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp CarltonFitzroyB Bob King Bert Lenne Fred BamfordHB Ted McDonald Wally Johnson c Harold McLennanC Teddy Buist George Holden Roy MillenHF Bert O Dee Thomas Heaney Percy ParrattF Tom Lowrie Horrie Jenkin Teddy PurcellFoll Charlie Norris Fred Moore George ShawRes Coach George Holden CarltonB Andy McDonald Steve Leehane Harry GreavesHB Paddy O Brien Billy Dick c Billy RobinsonC Ted Brown Jimmy Morris Dan KeilyHF Charlie Fisher Joe Shortill Percy DaykinF George Calwell Vin Gardiner Alex LangFoll Harry Haughton Charlie Hammond Viv ValentineRes Coach Norm ClarkUmpire NordenStatistics edit nbsp Fitzroy FC PremiersGoalkickers edit Fitzroy T Heaney 3 P Parratt 3 B O Dee 2 G Holden 1 H Jenkin 1 T Lowrie 1 F Moore 1 Carlton B Dick 3 C Fisher 2 V Gardiner 1 H Haughton 1 A Lang 1References editAFL Tables 1916 Grand FinalSee also edit1916 VFL season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 VFL grand final amp oldid 1132345901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
