1915 VFL grand final

1915 VFL Grand Final
1915 VFL Grand Final
11.12 (78)	6.9 (45)
Date	18 September 1915
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	39,343

The 1915 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 18 September 1915. It was the 18th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1915 VFL season. The match, attended by 39,343 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory and second in succession.

Teams

Carlton

Collingwood

Carlton
B:	Paddy O'Brien	Ernie Jamieson	Andy McDonald
HB:	Alf Baud (c)	Billy Robinson	Ted Brown
C:	Jimmy Morris	Rod McGregor	George Challis
HF:	Herb Burleigh	Percy Daykin	Charlie Fisher
F:	Gordon Green	Vin Gardiner	Athol Sharp
Foll:	Charlie Hammond	Harry Haughton	Viv Valentine
Res:
Coach:	Norm Clark

Collingwood
B:	Alec Mutch	Ted Rowell	Sam Mortimer
HB:	Jack Green	Dan Minogue (c)	George Anderson
C:	Tom Clancy	Jock McHale	Jim Sadler
HF:	Paddy Rowan	Mal Seddon	Charlie Laxton
F:	Harry Curtis	Dick Lee	Gus Dobrigh
Foll:	Les Hughes	Pen Reynolds	Percy Wilson
Res:
Coach:	Jock McHale

Umpire - Norden

Statistics

Carlton FC, Premiers

Goalkickers

Carlton:

H Burleigh 4
V Gardiner 3
C Hammond 2
P Daykin 1
G Green 1

Collingwood:

D Lee 3
G Dobrigh 1
L Hughes 1
M Seddon 1

References

AFL Tables: 1915 Grand Final

Carlton Football Club 1915 VFL premiers
Carlton 11.12 (78) defeated Collingwood 6.9 (45), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Daykin 3. McDonald 4. Valentine 5. Haughton 7. Jamieson 9. Brown 10. O'Brien 11. McGregor 12. Challis 13. Gardiner 14. Sharp 15. Fisher 16. Hammond 17. Green 20. Morris 21. Burleigh 24. Robinson 25. Baud (c)
Coach: Clark

Carlton Football Club
Nickname: Blues History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Honour roll AFL coach: Michael Voss AFL captain: Patrick Cripps AFLW coach: Matthew Buck AFLW captain: Kerryn Harrington
VFL/AFL home grounds	Princes Park (1897–2005) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–) Docklands Stadium (2002–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2017–)
Premierships (16 VFL/AFL)	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995
Runner-up (13)	1904 1909 1910 1916 1921 1932 1949 1962 1969 1973 1986 1993 1999
AFLW Premierships	Nil
Runner-up (1)	2019
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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Collingwood Football Club
Nickname: Magpies History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Craig McRae AFL captain: Darcy Moore AFLW coach: Sam Wright AFLW captains: Brianna Davey
VFL/AFL home grounds	Victoria Park (1897–1999) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)
AFLW home grounds	Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018) Victoria Park (2019–)
VFA premierships (1)	1896
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010 2023
Runner-up (27)	1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011 2018
Seasons (132)	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also