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1907 VFL grand final
The 1907 VFL grand final, originally known as the 1907 VFL final, was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 September 1907. It was the 10th grand final of the Victorian Football League, and determined the premiers for the 1907 VFL season.
The match, attended by 45,477 spectators, was won by reigning premiers Carlton by a margin of five points, marking that club's second VFL premiership victory and second in succession.
Carlton and South Melbourne occupied the top two places on the ladder after the home-and-away season was complete. Carlton was minor premier with a 14–3 record, and South Melbourne was second with 11–6. Both teams recorded comfortable victories in their semi-finals, South Melbourne 12.10 (82) defeating fourth-placed Collingwood 6.12 (48) on 7 September, and Carlton 13.13 (91) defeating third-placed St Kilda 4.11 (35) on 14 September.
Under the amended Argus system of finals, this match was known as the final. If Carlton won the match, then as minor premier it would win the premiership; if South Melbourne won, Carlton would have had the right to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend. Since Carlton ultimately won the game, this was the last match of the year and is retrospectively considered a grand final.
The final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was a windy day, but the effect of the wind at ground level was minimal. The surface, which had been very hard during the previous semi-final, was watered on the Friday before the match. A schoolboys match between the Fort Street school of Sydney and a composite team of local schoolboys was played as curtain-raiser. The crowd was 45,477, breaking the record set in the 1906 VFL grand final as the highest VFL attendance.
Carlton won the coin toss and kicked with the slight breeze, but South Melbourne attacked early and had the better of play overall. With misses to Len Mortimer, Charlie Ricketts and Hughie Callan, South Melbourne scored the first three behinds. Carlton then attacked, and following behinds to Fred Jinks and Harvey Kelly, Jinks marked and kicked the first goal of the game. South Melbourne attacked next, and Dick Casey scored their first goal from a sequence of passes. There were no further goals for the quarter.
The margin was one point at quarter time, 1.4 (10) leading 1.3 (9), although contemporary sources disagree on which team was leading; modern sources agree that Carlton led. Both clubs opened the game in rough style, and umpire Lardie Tulloch paid a high volume of early free kicks to keep control, after which play settled down.
Jim Flynn went into the ruck for Carlton in the second quarter, to great effect as Carlton had the better of the quarter. Both clubs scored behinds from easy chances early in the second quarter – Callan for South Melbourne and Dick Harris for Carlton – before Mortimer kicked the opening goal of the quarter from a free kick for South Melbourne. Soon after, Carlton came close to goal when George Topping's kick hit the post for a behind. Carlton then kicked two goals in quick succession to regain the lead: first a goal to Alex Lang, who toe-poked the ball through after a broken marking contest in the goal square fell to his favour, and then a goal to Topping immediately from the ensuing centre bounce. South Melbourne drew level at 3.5 (23) apiece when Mortimer kicked his second goal from general play on a wide angle, but Carlton attacked again and scored a goal after a mark in front to Topping. Another difficult chance by Kelly from a wide angle set shot was just missed, but Carlton with the better of the quarter led by seven points at half time, Carlton 4.6 (30) vs South Melbourne 3.5 (23).
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1907 VFL grand final
The 1907 VFL grand final, originally known as the 1907 VFL final, was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 September 1907. It was the 10th grand final of the Victorian Football League, and determined the premiers for the 1907 VFL season.
The match, attended by 45,477 spectators, was won by reigning premiers Carlton by a margin of five points, marking that club's second VFL premiership victory and second in succession.
Carlton and South Melbourne occupied the top two places on the ladder after the home-and-away season was complete. Carlton was minor premier with a 14–3 record, and South Melbourne was second with 11–6. Both teams recorded comfortable victories in their semi-finals, South Melbourne 12.10 (82) defeating fourth-placed Collingwood 6.12 (48) on 7 September, and Carlton 13.13 (91) defeating third-placed St Kilda 4.11 (35) on 14 September.
Under the amended Argus system of finals, this match was known as the final. If Carlton won the match, then as minor premier it would win the premiership; if South Melbourne won, Carlton would have had the right to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend. Since Carlton ultimately won the game, this was the last match of the year and is retrospectively considered a grand final.
The final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was a windy day, but the effect of the wind at ground level was minimal. The surface, which had been very hard during the previous semi-final, was watered on the Friday before the match. A schoolboys match between the Fort Street school of Sydney and a composite team of local schoolboys was played as curtain-raiser. The crowd was 45,477, breaking the record set in the 1906 VFL grand final as the highest VFL attendance.
Carlton won the coin toss and kicked with the slight breeze, but South Melbourne attacked early and had the better of play overall. With misses to Len Mortimer, Charlie Ricketts and Hughie Callan, South Melbourne scored the first three behinds. Carlton then attacked, and following behinds to Fred Jinks and Harvey Kelly, Jinks marked and kicked the first goal of the game. South Melbourne attacked next, and Dick Casey scored their first goal from a sequence of passes. There were no further goals for the quarter.
The margin was one point at quarter time, 1.4 (10) leading 1.3 (9), although contemporary sources disagree on which team was leading; modern sources agree that Carlton led. Both clubs opened the game in rough style, and umpire Lardie Tulloch paid a high volume of early free kicks to keep control, after which play settled down.
Jim Flynn went into the ruck for Carlton in the second quarter, to great effect as Carlton had the better of the quarter. Both clubs scored behinds from easy chances early in the second quarter – Callan for South Melbourne and Dick Harris for Carlton – before Mortimer kicked the opening goal of the quarter from a free kick for South Melbourne. Soon after, Carlton came close to goal when George Topping's kick hit the post for a behind. Carlton then kicked two goals in quick succession to regain the lead: first a goal to Alex Lang, who toe-poked the ball through after a broken marking contest in the goal square fell to his favour, and then a goal to Topping immediately from the ensuing centre bounce. South Melbourne drew level at 3.5 (23) apiece when Mortimer kicked his second goal from general play on a wide angle, but Carlton attacked again and scored a goal after a mark in front to Topping. Another difficult chance by Kelly from a wide angle set shot was just missed, but Carlton with the better of the quarter led by seven points at half time, Carlton 4.6 (30) vs South Melbourne 3.5 (23).