1931 VFL Grand Final

Team	1	2	3	Final
Geelong	2.3	5.6	8.11	9.14 (68)
Richmond	1.2	4.5	5.5	7.6 (48)

The 1931 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1931. It was the 35th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1931 VFL season. The match, attended by 60,712 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.

Teams

Centreman Edward Greeves

Geelong
B:	Milton Lamb	George Todd	Peter Hardiman
HB:	Rupe McDonald	Reg Hickey	Jack Williams
C:	Jack Carney	Edward Greeves	Jack Walker
HF:	Les Hardiman	Jack Collins	Bob Troughton
F:	Jack Evans	George Moloney	Tommy Quinn
Foll:	Arthur Coghlan	Len Metherell	Ted Baker (c)
Reserve(s):	Frank Mockridge
Coach:	Charlie Clymo

Richmond
B:	Kevin O'Neill	Joe Murdoch	Fred Heifner
HB:	Martin Bolger	Tom Dunne	Basil McCormack
C:	Stan Judkins	Eric Zschech	Alan Geddes
HF:	Jack Titus	Gordon Strang	Jack Twyford
F:	Jack Dyer	Doug Strang	Frank Ford
Foll:	Jack Bisset	Bert Foster	Maurie Hunter (c)
Reserve(s):	Thomas O'Halloran
Coach:	'Checker' Hughes

• Umpire - Bob Scott

Statistics

Goalkickers

Geelong: Baker 2 L.Hardiman 2 Metherell 2 Collins 1 Moloney 1 Troughton 1

Richmond: D.Strang 3 Titus 2 Ford 1 Twyford 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1931 Grand Final
• 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. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

See also

• 1931 VFL season