| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 2.6 | 3.8 | 6.14 | 9.20 (74) |
| Fitzroy | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.9 (39) |
The 1917 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1917. It was the 20th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1917 VFL season. The match, attended by 25,512 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.
War had restricted the competition to just six clubs during the home and away season and Fitzroy, despite winning just six of their 15 games, qualified for the final by finishing fourth.
Fitzroy made it into the Grand Final by defeating minor premiers Collingwood by a goal a week earlier but Collingwood this time won comfortably, dominating from the opening quarter.
Alec Mutch of Collingwood was playing his 100th VFL game.
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| Collingwood | |||
| B: | Jock McHale | Harry Saunders | Alec Mutch |
| HB: | George Anderson | Charlie Brown | Jack Green |
| C: | Tom Drummond | Percy Wilson (c) | Charlie E. Pannam |
| HF: | Gus Dobrigh | Harry Curtis | Charlie Lee |
| F: | Con McCarthy | Dick Lee | Ernie Lumsden |
| Foll: | Les Hughes | Pen Reynolds | Charlie Laxton |
| Reserve(s): | |||
| Coach: | Jock McHale | ||
| Fitzroy | |||
| B: | Bill Byrne | Fred Bamford | Bert Lenne |
| HB: | Chris Lethbridge | Jim Toohey | Bob King |
| C: | Roy Millen | George Holden (c) | Carl Keller |
| HF: | Percy Parratt | Thomas Heaney | Gordon Rattray |
| F: | Jimmy Freake | Len Wigraft | Tom Lowrie |
| Foll: | Fred Moore | Charlie Norris | Ted McDonald |
| Reserve(s): | |||
| Coach: | George Holden | ||
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  | 1917 VFL Grand Final statistics - AFL Tables - Match Stats - Collingwood v Fitzroy - 22-Sep-1917 |
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