Grand Final History

Episode 27 1923 The Blues get the blues


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1923 sees the start of radio broadcasting but letting people know who won the Grand Final can also be done by shooting flares from an air-plane over a crowded Caulfield Cup crowd. Every team except Carlton would spend some time in the Four yet it would come down to the last round of the season to lock in the finalists. The Blues were not a happy club and players fighting with committee members after a game at Essendon was not going to help but it did see three players suspended. It would be the latest date in the year for a VFL Grandfinal, and the first time a Premiership match was postponed due to the weather. Who would win on this one day in October?

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