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| Date | 2 September 1916 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 21,130 | |||||||||||||||
The1916 VFL Grand Final was anAustralian rules football game contested between theCarlton Football Club andFitzroy Football Club, held at theMelbourne Cricket Ground inMelbourne on 2 September 1916. It was the 19th annualGrand Final of theVictorian Football League, staged to determine thepremiers for the1916 VFL season. The match, attended by 21,130 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 29 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
The 1916 season was played by only 4 teams, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond and Fitzroy, owing to the absence of many of the players who were fighting in World War I.
Carlton ended the home and away season with 10 wins from 12 games and were minor premiers. Fitzroy won only 2 games and a draw to finish bottom, however with only 4 teams available to fill the 4 finals spots they won through to the Grand Final thanks to victories over Collingwood by 6 points in the Semi Final and Carlton by 23 in the Final. Carlton defeated Richmond by 3 in the other Semi Final.
During the season the teams played 4 times, with Fitzroy winning the first match by 4 points, and Carlton winning the other three by 33, 29 and 21.
The four finals games were the only games that year played at theMCG.
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