{{Short description|Grand final of the 1901 Victorian Football League season}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox Australian rules football match | year = 1901 | competition = VFL | match_type = Grand Final | image = | home = 50px<br/>{{AFL Ess}} | home_abbr = ESS | home_image = | away = 50px<br/>{{AFL Col}} | away_abbr = COL | away_image = | home_qtr1 = 3.0 (18) | home_qtr2 = 5.2 (32) | home_qtr3 = 5.4 (34) | home_qtr4 = 6.7 (43) | away_qtr1 = 0.1 (1) | away_qtr2 = 0.3 (3) | away_qtr3 = 2.3 (15) | away_qtr4 = 2.4 (16) | home_score = 6.7 (43) | away_score = 2.4 (16) | date = 7 September 1901 | stadium = Lake Oval | attendance = 30,031 | umpire = | coin_toss = | kick_end = | prematch = | anthem = | halftime = | postmatch = | norm_smith = | jock_mchale = | hall_of_fame = Albert Thurgood (1996)<br>Charlie Pannam (1996) | network = | commentators = | last = 1900 | next = 1902 }} The '''1901 VFL Grand Final''' was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Lake Oval in Melbourne on 7 September 1901. It was the 4th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1901 VFL season. The match, attended by 30,031 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 27 points.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Ben |title=Here's a big tag: How a Giant will make history after 115 years |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/133177/heres-a-big-tag-how-a-giant-will-make-history-after-115-years |publisher=AFL.com.au |access-date=29 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251229090336/https://www.afl.com.au/news/133177/heres-a-big-tag-how-a-giant-will-make-history-after-115-years |archive-date=29 December 2025 |date=26 September 2019}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=December 2025|reason=Source doesn't contain this much detail about the 1901 contest}} {{clear}}
==Teams== {| width=92% | |- |{{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _redrightsash | pattern_sh = | pattern_so =_hoops_black | body = 000000 | shorts = 002D62 | socks = FB0000 | title = Essendon }} |{{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _blackstripes4 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | body = ffffff | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = Collingwood }} |} {| |valign=top| {{Aussie rules team| title = {{font color|#CC2031|Essendon|link=Essendon Football Club}} | color = #000000 | backpocket1 = Fred Mann | fullback = Jim Anderson | backpocket2 = Maurie Collins | halfbackflank1 = Son Barry | centrehalfback = Hugh Gavin | halfbackflank2 = Tod Collins (c) | wing1 = George Hastings | centre = Harry Wright | wing2 = Herc Vollugi | halfforwardflank1 = Fred Hiskins | centrehalfforward = Albert Thurgood | halfforwardflank2 = Jimmy Larkin | forwardpocket1 = George Martin | fullforward = Ted Kinnear | forwardpocket2 = George Stuckey | ruck = Bill Robinson | ruckrover = Jack McKenzie | rover = Billy Griffith }} |valign=top| {{Aussie rules team| title = {{font color|#FFFFFF|Collingwood|link=Collingwood Football Club}} | color = #000000 | backpocket1 = Charlie Dow | fullback = Bill Proudfoot (c) | backpocket2 = Alf Dummett | halfbackflank1 = Oscar Hyman | centrehalfback = Lardie Tulloch | halfbackflank2 = Bill McCulloch | wing1 = Charlie Pannam | centre = Fred Leach | wing2 = Peter Martin | halfforwardflank1 = Bob Bryce | centrehalfforward = Ted Rowell | halfforwardflank2 = Arthur Leach | forwardpocket1 = Jack Farrell | fullforward = Archie Smith | forwardpocket2 = Leo Morgan | ruck = Matthew Fell | ruckrover = Frank Hailwood | rover = Alf Boyack }} |} * Umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp
==Statistics== thumb|right|300px|Essendon FC team, Premiers ===Goalkickers=== {| width="40%" | valign="top" width="30%" | '''Essendon''' * A Thurgood 3 * T Kinnear 1 * G Martin 1 * J McKenzie 1 | valign="top" width="30%" | '''Collingwood''' * B Bryce 2 |}
==See also== * 1901 VFL season
==References== {{reflist}}
{{1901 Essendon premiership players}} {{Essendon Football Club}} {{Collingwood Football Club}} {{Australian Football League}}
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