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1916 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1916 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1916
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1908 to 1939).svg	50px]]

home_score	12.13 (85)
away	[[File:Cartlonfc 1910 logo.jpg	50px]]

away_score	8.8 (56)
home_abbr	FIT
away_abbr	CAR
home_qtr1	4.6 (30)
home_qtr2	8.8 (56)
home_qtr3	10.11 (71)
home_qtr4	12.13 (85)
away_qtr1	2.0 (12)
away_qtr2	4.2 (26)
away_qtr3	6.8 (44)
away_qtr4	8.8 (56)
date	2 September 1916
attendance	21,130
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1915
next	1917

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.

Background

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.

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

References

AFL Tables: 1916 Grand Final

Info: Wikipedia Source

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