1920 VFL Grand Final
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Richmond Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,... |
1.2 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.10 (52) |
| Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
1.2 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 (35) |
The 1920 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
game contested between the Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
and Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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in Melbourne
Melbourne
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on 2 October 1920. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, staged to determine the premiers for the 1920 VFL season
1920 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1920.-Premiership season:In 1920, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
. The match, attended by 53,908 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's first premiership victory.
Teams
- Umpire - Jack ElderJack Elder (umpire)Jack Elder was a former Australian rules football umpire who in 1996 was named as the VFL/AFL's Umpire of the Century....
Goalkickers
Richmond:
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Runners Up:
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See also
- 1920 VFL season1920 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1920.-Premiership season:In 1920, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...