Port or Lions

Go the lions, go lynchie! number 4 here we come !

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Peter

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1905 Finals Series
Wed 17 July, 2002
Graeme Atkinson
Collingwood, always a power, came back to top the home and away ladder in 1905 with fifteen wins and two losses, two and a half games ahead of Fitzroy (second) and six games ahead of Essendon (fourth). Carlton (third) recruited fantastically well – five of their new names were ‘Mallee’ Johnson, Frank Caine, Rod McGregor, Charlie Hammond and Nor- man Clark, all of whom were to become champions. The two semi-finals resulted in great victories to Fitzroy (who more than doubled Essendon’s: score) and Carlton (who also more than doubled Collingwood’s score in a real boil-over). Percy Trotter, the brilliant Fitzroy rover, kicked six goals in a match-winning performance against Essendon which was a record for any finals match.

The following week, the two winners met with honours going easily to Fitzroy, who ran right away in the second half to win by over four goals. This meant that they were matched against Collingwood (who had been minor premiers) in the grand final. Collingwood, despite their humiliating loss to Carlton in their semi, were equal in favouritism with Fitzroy but no match in ability as it proved.The Maroons won the toss, and a slugging first quarter produced a total of only four behinds, three to the Maroons, and an equally hard second term saw the scores level a one goal three each when the interval came. On the resumption, Trotter banged home 1 goal for Fitzroy from far out. This sparked Fitzroy and after three near misses Brosnan and L Barker added further goals, before Pears replied on the bell with a shot that left Collingwood fourteen points down. Both sides had injuries by then – Condon for Collingwood and Sharp for Fitzroy. Then a scrambly but hard fought final term resulted in only one point being scored (by Collingwood) which left Fitzroy victors by thirteen points; their second successive flag and their fourth in the nine years of the VFL. When one bears in mind that they lost two other premierships by less than a goal in those years, they then must stand as one of the greatest sides in the long history of the VFL.
RESULTS SEPTEMBER 16- FIRST SEMI- FINAL Fitzroy 5.1 8.2 12.4 12.7 (79)Essendon 0.2 2.8 4.8 4.12 (36) Carlton CG Umpire Crapp Attendance 14,000 Gate not available BEST – (Fitz) Trotter, G Barker, J Sharp, Walker, Beauchamp, Bailes, Millis, Johnson(Ess) McKenzie, McDonald, Madden, Phipps, Shea, Baxter, Callan, Barry, Davis GOALS – (Fitz) Trotter (6), Brosnan (2), Fontaine, Johnson, Millis, L Sharp(Ess) G Barker, Blackmore, McKenzie, Smith
SEPTEMBER 16- SECOND SEMI-FINAL Carlton 4.3 5.5 8.7 11.10 (76)Collingwood 0.1 0.3 2.4 4.6 (30) MCG Umpire Norden* Attendance 14,000 Gate not available BEST – (Carl) Roland, Caine, Grace, Parke, McNeil, Flynn, Elliott, Hammond(Coll) Dummett, Green, McHale, Rush, Fraser, Pears, Angus, Gibb GOALS – (Carl) J Kennedy (2), Roland (2), Topping (2), Caine, M Grace, Elliott, Flynn, G Johnson (CoIl) Condon, Green, Nash, Stancliffe
SEPTEMBER 23- PRELIMINARY FINAL Fitzroy 3.2 5.3 8.6 11.6(72)Carlton 3.4 4.6 6.7 6.9 (45) MCG Umpire Crapp Attendance 30,000 Gate not available BEST – (Fitz) J Johnson, Sheehan. Trotter, Milne, J Sharp, Jenkins, Naismith, L Barker, Beauchamp, Walker, Millis (Carl) Flynn, Johnson, Hammond, Snell, McGregor, Boyle, Grace, Roland, Elliott GOALS – (Fitz) Wilkinson (2), Trotter (2), Johnson (2), Milne (2), Brosnan, Millis, Walker (Carl) M Grace (2), Elliott, McGregor, Roland, Snell
SEPTEMBER 30- GRAND FINAL Fitzroy 0.3 1.3 4.6 4.6 (30)Collingwood 0.1 1.3 2.4 2.5 (17) MCG Umpire Crapp Attendance 30,000 Gate £1,061 BEST – (Fitz) Bailes (BOG), Beauchamp, Jenkins, Moriarty, Sheehan, Naismith, Milne, Walker, Millis (Coll) Dummett, Pears, Strachan, Rush, Monohan, Green, Gibb, Nash, Drohan GOALS – (Fitz) L Barker, Brosnan, Trotter, Millis (Coll) Nash, Pears

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