Reference_ 1927 VFA Grand Final

Introduction

Season and Lead-up

Teams

Teams: The Argus 14-Oct-1927 p4

Coburg

B	Frank Walshe	Fred Chapman	Aubrey Martyn
HB	Joe Rogers	Aub Charleston	Reg Cox
C	Norm Sexton	Colin Martyn	Ernie Martin
HF	Frank Huntington	Harry Kerley (c)	Keith Forbes
F	Frank Plant	Paddy Gardiner	Len McAlpine
R	Jim Jenkins	Phil Brooks
R	Jack Harris

Coach: Charlie Hardy

Brighton

B	Joe Garcia	Harold Dainty	Eric Andersen
HB	George Stewart b1901	Chris Irwin	Fred Dore
C	Leo Carroll	Seddon Arthur	Bill Borland
HF	Vern Wright	Gordon Rattray (c)	Ivor Aldridge
F	George Beswick	James Walsh	George Hunt
R	Maurie De Araugo	Len May
R	Doug Ringrose

Coach: Gordon Rattray

Links for Player Pages

Reference_ 1927 VFA Grand Final - Winning Team (Coburg)
Reference_ 1927 VFA Grand Final - Defeated Team (Brighton)

The Game

Date: 15-Oct-1927
Venue: Motordrome
Crowd: 20,000 (the Age)
Umpire:

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
Coburg	5.1 (31)	9.3 (57)	13.6 (84)	19.10 (124)
Brighton	1.4 (10)	6.6 (42)	10.7 (67)	13.12 (90)

Goals
Coburg: Gardiner 10, Forbes 2, Kerley 2, Harris 2, Huntington, Rogers, Charleston
Brighton: Walsh 7, Hunt 2, De Aurugo 2, Arthur, May

Best
Coburg: C.Hardy and the trainers, H.Kerley, Gardiner, Charleston, Chapman, Walsh, A.Martyn, Harris. C.Martyn, E.Martin, Brooke, Jenkins and Forbes (also deserve special mention)
Brighton: Hunt, Walsh, Irwin, Garcia, Dainty, Stewart, Dore
Carroll, Aldridge, Arthur, de Araugo, Ringrose, May, Beswick (best of the others)

Match Previews

The Argus 14-Oct-1927 p4

Match Reviews

Argus 17-Oct-1927 p8
Australasian 22-Oct-1927 p35
The Age 17-Oct-1927

Photos

The Aftermath

External Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_VFA_season