Saturday 10 October - MCG
Melbourne 3.7, 4.9, 7.13, 8.13.61
Geelong 1.3, 6.3, 7.3, 8.5.53
Melbourne win by 8 points
Goals - Lindsay 5, Comber 1, Kelly 1, Cassidy 1
Despite patchy forward play the Redlegs won the Seconds premiership as a result of their superior marking and ruck work. They made the visitors wait, arriving onto the MCG seven minutes late.
Geelong kept the match interesting by making more of their limited opportunities up front. Melbourne should have had a winning total after the first quarter, but were wasteful in their shots while kicking with a stiff breeze.
Against the wind, Geelong's only score of the third quarter was a goal on the bell. This restricted the lead to 10 points at the last change and gave them a chance to run over the top.
At three quarter time Melbourne opted for defence, taking off five goal kicked Lindsay and bringing Noseda on. The Redlegs had to fight into the wind but held on grimly to win their first ever Seconds flag. Geelong missed a shot on goal to go ahead, and Kelly kicked the sealer.
Best were Power, Adams and Gough
Team
B: Moodie, Gough, Young
HB: Pickford, Power, Rennie
C: Ogden, Collins, Smith
HF: Crapper, Cassidy, Kelly
F: Dudfield, Lindsay, Coomber
Foll: Adams, Steel, H. Davidson
Res: Noseda
Squad
2 - R. Horne
3 - Terry Ogden
5 - Hec Davidson
6 - Mick Comber
8 - D. Nelson
9 - Howard Steel
11 - Frank Smith
12 - Jack Power
13 - Gordon Lindsay
15 - Harry Crapper
19 - W. Bickford
20 - DL Tipping
22 - J. Kelly
25 - W. Collins
26 - J. Young
30 - Artie Rennie
31 - Lew Gough
32 - B. Noseda
33 - Geoff Frood
34 - Bill Adams
36 - J. Dudfield
37 - George Cassidy
38 - Jim Moodie
Notes
Name of #19 differs between Bickford and Pickford.
Media
Sporting Globe - 10/10/1931
Age - 12/10/1931