1935 VFL grand final
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| Date | 5 October 1935 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,154 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1935 VFL Grand Final was an
premiers for the 1935 VFL season
. The match, attended by 54,154 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory.
On Grand Final eve, South Melbourne's champion full-forward Bob Pratt was hit by a brick truck when alighting from a tram. He was replaced at full-forward by Roy Moore. Neither Moore nor Laurie Nash at centre-half-forward were able to break free of their opponents (Charlie Dibbs and Jack Regan respectively), helping Collingwood to win the match.
Teams
    Collingwood
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  S. Melbourne
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Statistics
Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Collingwood | 1.3 | 6.6 | 8.10 | 11.12 | 11.12 (78) |
| South Melbourne | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.10 | 7.16 | 7.16 (58) |
Goal kickers
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Collingwood:
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South Melbourne:
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References
- AFL Tables: 1935 Grand Final
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
See also
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