1921 VFL grand final

1921 VFL Grand Final
Carlton Richmond 4.8 (32) 5.6 (36)
1 2 3 4 CAR 2.2 (14) 3.4 (22) 3.6 (24) 4.8 (32) RICH 1.2 (8) 1.3 (9) 3.4 (22) 5.6 (36)
Date	15 October 1921
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	43,122
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The 1921 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 15 October 1921. It was the 24th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1921 VFL season. The match, attended by 43,122 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 4 points, marking that club's second VFL/AFL premiership victory and second in succession.

Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Richmond	1.2	1.3	3.4	5.6 (36)
Carlton	2.2	3.4	3.6	4.8 (32)

Teams

Richmond

Carlton

Richmond B: George Weatherill Vic Thorp Ernest Taylor HB: Norm McIntosh Max Hislop James Smith C: Frank Harley Mel Morris Robert Carew HF: Donald Don Robert Weatherill Norm Turnbull F: Barney Herbert George Bayliss Clarrie Hall Foll: Dan Minogue (c) Hugh James Checker Hughes Coach: Dan Minogue

Carlton B: Harry Toole Ernie Jamieson Croft McKenzie HB: Wally Raleigh Paddy O'Brien Jack Greenhill C: Jack Stephenson Billy Blackman Newton Chandler HF: Alex Duncan Horrie Clover Bert Boromeo F: Percy Daykin Gordon Green (c) Charlie Fisher Foll: Frank Martin Rupe Hiskins Stewart McLatchie Coach: Norm Clark

• Umpire – Jack McMurray

Statistics

Richmond FC, premiers

Goalkickers

Richmond: G Bayliss 2 H James 1 M Morris 1 N Turnbull 1

Carlton: B Boromeo 1 A Duncan 1 S McLatchie 1 J Stephenson 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1921 Grand Final

See also

• 1921 VFL season