1925+VFL+grand+final

The 29th VFL grand final was held on the 10th of October in 1925 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. Sixty four thousand, two hundred and eighty eight people watched the match that was contested between Collingwood and Geelong. The 1925 VFLgrand final was contested between collingwood and geelong. Geelong had a very successful season with only two games lost and even had twelve wins in a row unlike Collingwood who only made it into the premiership based on their percentage and their spot was secured when they bet South Melbourne in the finals by sixty five points. It was a hard fought contest with geelong winning 10,19,79 to 9,15,69 in front of 64,288 people which was a huge crowd back then. Cliff Rankin kicked 5 goals and won the best on ground honours. Cliff Rankin was also the coach so it was a very big occasion for him. It was Geelongs first VFL premiership and their first premiership since winning the 1886 VFA grand final. The goal kickers for Geelong were Edward Stevenson, Denis Heagney, Syd Hall, Jack Chambers and Lloyd Hagger all with one goal while the coach-captain; Cliff Rankin kicked a total of five goals. Tom Fitzmaurice had just played his 100th VFL match and won his third premiership.