1901 VFL grand final

1901 VFL Grand Final
Essendon Collingwood 6.7 (43) 2.4 (16)
1 2 3 4 ESS 3.0 (18) 5.2 (32) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) COL 0.1 (1) 0.3 (3) 2.3 (15) 2.4 (16)
Date	7 September 1901
Stadium	Lake Oval
Attendance	30,000
Accolades
Australian Football Hall of Fame	Albert Thurgood (1996) Charlie Pannam (1996)
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The 1901 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Lake Oval in Melbourne on 7 September 1901. It was the 4th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1901 VFL season. The match, attended by 30,031 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 27 points.

Teams

Essendon

Collingwood

Essendon B: Fred Mann Jim Anderson Maurie Collins HB: Son Barry Hugh Gavin Tod Collins (c) C: George Hastings Harry Wright Herc Vollugi HF: Fred Hiskins Albert Thurgood Jimmy Larkin F: George Martin Ted Kinnear George Stuckey Foll: Bill Robinson Jack McKenzie Billy Griffith

Collingwood B: Charlie Dow Bill Proudfoot (c) Alf Dummett HB: Oscar Hyman Lardie Tulloch Bill McCulloch C: Charlie Pannam Fred Leach Peter Martin HF: Bob Bryce Ted Rowell Arthur Leach F: Jack Farrell Archie Smith Leo Morgan Foll: Matthew Fell Frank Hailwood Alf Boyack

• Umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp

Statistics

Essendon FC team, Premiers

Goalkickers

Essendon A Thurgood 3 T Kinnear 1 G Martin 1 J McKenzie 1

Collingwood B Bryce 2

See also

• 1901 VFL season