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1903 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1903 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
competition	AFL
match_type	Grand Final
home	[[File:Collingwood icon.svg	50px]]

home_abbr	COL
away	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1897 to 1907).svg	50px]]

away_abbr	FIT
home_qtr1	2.3 (15)
home_qtr2	3.4 (22)
home_qtr3	3.6 (24)
home_qtr4	4.7 (31)
away_qtr1	2.2 (14)
away_qtr2	2.5 (17)
away_qtr3	2.8 (20)
away_qtr4	3.11 (29)
home_score	4.7 (31)
away_score	3.11 (29)
date	12 September 1903
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
attendance	32,263
umpire	Dick Gibson
last	1902
next	1904

The 1903 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 12 September 1903. It was the 6th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1903 VFL season. The match, attended by 32,263 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of two points, marking that club's second successive premiership victory.

Gerald Brosnan had a chance to win Fitzroy the premiership with a set shot for goal off the last kick of the game but missed narrowly to give Collingwood back-to-back flags.

Collingwood's Jim Addison, playing in just his third game, was the only multiple goalkicker. Both Ern Jenkins and Bert Sharpe of Fitzroy were celebrating their 100th VFL games.

Lead-up

After the home-and-away season (which lasted for seventeen matches, including the "first round" of fourteen matches and a "second round" of three matches), Collingwood was top of the ladder with a record of 15–2 and a percentage of 159.4; Fitzroy finished second with a record of 14–3 and a percentage of 171.6.

The finals were contested using the variation of the first amended Argus system, seen between 1902 and 1906. Fitzroy faced fourth-placed in the first semi-final, and won by 52 points, and Collingwood faced third-placed in the second semi-final and won by four points.

Collingwood (now 16–2) and Fitzroy (now 15–3) then faced off in the final. By virtue of their records, neither club could lose the match and still finish with a better win–loss record than the other; and therefore under the first amended Argus system, there was no chance for a challenge grand final and it was known from the opening bounce that this match would be decisive for the premiership.

Teams

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	backpocket1 = George Lockwood	fullback = Bill Proudfoot	backpocket2 = Alf Dummett	halfbackflank1 = Matthew Fell	centrehalfback = Jack Monohan	Bob Rush]]	Charlie Pannam]]	centre = Con McCormack	wing2 = Eddie Drohan	halfforwardflank1 = Teddy Lockwood	Ted Rowell]]	halfforwardflank2 = Lardie Tulloch (c)	forwardpocket1 = Arthur Leach	fullforward = Jim Addison	forwardpocket2 = Harry Pears	ruck = Jack Incoll	George Angus]]	rover = Dick Condon	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = }}		backpocket1 = Alf Sharp	fullback = Ern Jenkins	backpocket2 = Lou Barker	halfbackflank1 = Wally Naismith	Jim Sharp]]	halfbackflank2 = Fred Fontaine	wing1 = Tammy Beauchamp	Harry Clarke]]	Frank Brophy]]	halfforwardflank1 = Alf Wilkinson	centrehalfforward = Gerald Brosnan (c)	halfforwardflank2 = Chris Kiernan	forwardpocket1 = Percy Trotter	fullforward = Les Millis	forwardpocket2 = Bert Sharpe	Bill Walker]]	ruckrover = Herbert Milne	rover = Bill McSpeerin	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = }}

Umpire – Dick Gibson

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

MCG crowd – 32,263

References

1903 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.

References

Rover. (12 September 1903). "Football". The Weekly Times.

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