1912 VFL Grand Final

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Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	1.4	3.9	4.14	5.17 (47)
South Melbourne	1.3	2.4	2.6	4.9 (33)

The 1912 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1912.^[1] It was the 15th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1912 VFL season. The match, attended by 54,436 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 14 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and second in succession.

Teams

Essendon:

South Melbourne:

v t e Essendon Football Club 1912 VFL Premiers
Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Captain: 1. Belcher 2. Armstrong 4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 9. Kirkwood 10. Hanley 11. Kirby 12. Martin 14. McLeod 16. Ogden 17. Sewart 18. Shea 19. White 20. Walker 25. O'Brien 27. Caine 29. Griffith
Coach: Worrall

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