1935 VFL Grand Final

Bob Pratt on crutches on Grand Final eve following his accident

The 1935 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1935. It was the 39th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the 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
B:	Harold Rumney	Charlie Dibbs	Jack Ross
HB:	Bervyn Woods	Jack Regan	Fred Froude
C:	Leo Morgan	Marcus Whelan	Jack Carmody
HF:	Lou Riley	Phonse Kyne	Vin Doherty
F:	Alby Pannam	Gordon Coventry	Keith Fraser
Foll:	Albert Collier	Percy Bowyer	Harry Collier (c)
Reserve(s):	Keith Stackpole
Coach:	Jock McHale

South Melbourne
B:	Jack Austin	Ron Hillis	Reg Humphries
HB:	Jock McKenzie	Lin Richards	Bill Faul
C:	Harry Clarke	Herbie Matthews	Jim Reid
HF:	Jim O'Meara	Laurie Nash	Austin Robertson
F:	Dinny Kelleher	Roy Moore	Frank Davies
Foll:	Jack Bissett (c)	Brighton Diggins	Terry Brain
Reserve(s):	Roy McEachen
Coach:	Jack Bissett

Umpire - Bob Scott

Statistics

Score

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
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

Collingwood:

G. Coventry 4
Kyne 2
Pannam 2
H. Collier 1
A. Collier 1
Stackpole 1

South Melbourne:

Davies 2
Moore 2
Nash 1
Kelleher 1
McEachem 1

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

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Collingwood Football Club 1935 VFL premiers

Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated South Melbourne 7.16 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Bowyer 5. Carmody 7. A. Collier 8. H. Collier (c) 9. Coventry 10. Dibbs 11. Doherty 13. Froude 14. Fraser 15. Pannam 17. Kyne 18. Morgan 22. Rumney 23. Riley 24. Ross 25. Regan 27. Stackpole 28. Whelan 29. Woods

Coach: McHale

Collingwood Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy Leading Goalkickers Captain: Scott Pendlebury Coach: Nathan Buckley Nickname: Magpies

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Awards	Copeland Trophy

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Sydney Swans

History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Awards Bob Skilton Medal Leading Goalkickers Captains: Kieren Jack and Jarrad McVeigh Coach: John Longmire

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