They Went That Way

Dick Reynolds (Essendon captain coach) and Ern Henfry (Carlton captain) just after the coin toss at the 1947 Grand Final.

Year	Team 1 1st of the 2 clubs to qualify for the Grand Final		Team 2 2nd of the 2 clubs to qualify for the Grand Final	Team Left End Kicking to the Left hand end		Team Right End Kicking to the Right hand end
1944	Fitzroy	v	Richmond	Fitzroy Richmond Fitzroy Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Fitzroy Richmond Fitzroy
1945	South Melb	v	Carlton	Carlton South Melbourne Carlton South Melbourne	1 2 3 4	South Melbourne Carlton South Melbourne Carlton
1946	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon
1947	Carlton	v	Essendon	Carlton Essendon Carlton Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Carlton Essendon Carlton
1948	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon
1949	Carlton	v	Essendon	Essendon Carlton Essendon Carlton	1 2 3 4	Carlton Essendon Carlton Essendon
1950	Essendon	v	North Melb	Essendon North Melbourne Essendon North Melbourne	1 2 3 4	North Melbourne Essendon North Melbourne Essendon
1951	Geelong	v	Essendon	Geelong Essendon Geelong Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Geelong Essendon Geelong
1952	Geelong	v	Collingwood	Geelong Collingwood Geelong Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Geelong Collingwood Geelong
1953	Collingwood	v	Geelong	Geelong Collingwood Geelong Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Geelong Collingwood Geelong
1954	Footscray	v	Melbourne	Melbourne Footscray Melbourne Footscray	1 2 3 4	Footscray Melbourne Footscray Melbourne
1955	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne
1956	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood
1957	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon
1958	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood
1959	Melbourne	v	Essendon	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne
1960	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood
1961	Hawthorn	v	Footscray	Hawthorn Footscray Hawthorn Footscray	1 2 3 4	Footscray Hawthorn Footscray Hawthorn
1962	Essendon	v	Carlton	Carlton Essendon Carlton Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Carlton Essendon Carlton
1963	Geelong	v	Hawthorn	Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn
1964	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne
1965	St Kilda	v	Essendon	Essendon St Kilda Essendon St Kilda	1 2 3 4	St Kilda Essendon St Kilda Essendon
1966	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda
1967	Richmond	v	Geelong	Richmond Geelong Richmond Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Richmond Geelong Richmond
1968	Carlton	v	Essendon	Essendon Carlton Essendon Carlton	1 2 3 4	Carlton Essendon Carlton Essendon
1969	Carlton	v	Richmond	Richmond Carlton Richmond Carlton	1 2 3 4	Carlton Richmond Carlton Richmond
1970	Collingwood	v	Carlton	Carlton Collingwood Carlton Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Carlton Collingwood Carlton
1971	Hawthorn	v	St Kilda	Hawthorn St Kilda Hawthorn St Kilda	1 2 3 4	St Kilda Hawthorn St Kilda Hawthorn
1972	Richmond	v	Carlton	Carlton Richmond Carlton Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Carlton Richmond Carlton
1973	Carlton	v	Richmond	Carlton Richmond Carlton Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Carlton Richmond Carlton
1974	Richmond	v	North Melb	North Melbourne Richmond North Melbourne Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond North Melbourne Richmond North Melbourne
1975	Hawthorn	v	North Melb	Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne	1 2 3 4	North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn
1976	Hawthorn	v	North Melb	North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne
1977	Collingwood	v	North Melb	Collingwood North Melbourne Collingwood North Melbourne	1 2 3 4	North Melbourne Collingwood North Melbourne Collingwood
1978	Hawthorn	v	North Melb	North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn North Melbourne Hawthorn North Melbourne
1979	Carlton	v	Collingwood	Carlton Collingwood Carlton Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Carlton Collingwood Carlton
1980	Richmond	v	Collingwood	Collingwood Richmond Collingwood Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Collingwood Richmond Collingwood
1981	Carlton	v	Collingwood	Carlton Collingwood Carlton Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Carlton Collingwood Carlton
1982	Richmond	v	Carlton	Richmond Carlton Carlton Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Carlton Richmond Carlton
1983	Hawthorn	v	Essendon	Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn
1984	Hawthorn	v	Essendon	Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn
1985	Essendon	v	Hawthorn	Essendon Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn Essendon Hawthorn Essendon
1986	Carlton	v	Hawthorn	Carlton Hawthorn Carlton Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn Carlton Hawthorn Carlton
1987	Carlton	v	Hawthorn	Carlton Hawthorn Carlton Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn Carlton Hawthorn Carlton
1988	Hawthorn	v	Melbourne	Hawthorn Melbourne Hawthorn Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Hawthorn Melbourne Hawthorn
1989	Hawthorn	v	Geelong	Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn
1990	Collingwood	v	Essendon	Collingwood Essendon Collingwood Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Collingwood Essendon Collingwood
1991	Hawthorn	v	West Coast	West Coast Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn West Coast
1992	West Coast	v	Geelong	Geelong West Coast Geelong West Coast	1 2 3 4	West Coast Geelong West Coast Geelong
1993	Carlton	v	Essendon	Carlton Essendon Carlton Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Carlton Essendon Carlton
1994	West Coast	v	Geelong	West Coast Geelong West Coast Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong West Coast Geelong West Coast
1995	Carlton	v	Geelong	Carlton Geelong Carlton Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Carlton Geelong Carlton
1996	Sydney	v	North Melb	Sydney North Melbourne Sydney North Melbourne	1 2 3 4	North Melbourne Sydney North Melbourne Sydney
1997	St Kilda	v	Adelaide	St Kilda Adelaide St Kilda Adelaide	1 2 3 4	Adelaide St Kilda Adelaide St Kilda
1998	North Melb	v	Adelaide	North Melbourne Adelaide North Melbourne Adelaide	1 2 3 4	Adelaide North Melbourne Adelaide North Melbourne
1999	Kangaroos	v	Carlton	Kangaroos Carlton Kangaroos Carlton	1 2 3 4	Carlton Kangaroos Carlton Kangaroos
2000	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon
2001	Essendon	v	Brisbane	Essendon Brisbane Essendon Brisbane	1 2 3 4	Brisbane Essendon Brisbane Essendon
2002	Brisbane	v	Collingwood	Collingwood Brisbane Collingwood Brisbane	1 2 3 4	Brisbane Collingwood Brisbane Collingwood
2003	Collingwood	v	Brisbane	Brisbane Collingwood Brisbane Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Brisbane Collingwood Brisbane
2004	Port Power	v	Brisbane	Port Power Brisbane Port Power Brisbane	1 2 3 4	Brisbane Port Power Brisbane Port Power
2005	West Coast	v	Sydney	West Coast Sydney West Coast Sydney	1 2 3 4	Sydney West Coast Sydney West Coast
2006	West Coast	v	Sydney	Sydney West Coast Sydney West Coast	1 2 3 4	West Coast Sydney West Coast Sydney
2007	Geelong	v	Port Power	Port Power Geelong Port Power Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Port Power Geelong Port Power
2008	Geelong	v	Hawthorn	Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Hawthorn Geelong Hawthorn
2009	St Kilda	v	Geelong	St Kilda Geelong St Kilda Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong St Kilda Geelong St Kilda
2010	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda
2011	Collingwood	v	Geelong	Geelong Collingwood Geelong Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood Geelong Collingwood Geelong
2012	Hawthorn	v	Sydney	Sydney Hawthorn Sydney Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn Sydney Hawthorn Sydney
2013	Hawthorn	v	Fremantle	Hawthorn Fremantle Hawthorn Fremantle	1 2 3 4	Fremantle Hawthorn Fremantle Hawthorn
2014	Sydney	v	Hawthorn	Sydney Hawthorn Sydney Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn Sydney Hawthorn Sydney
2015	West Coast	v	Hawthorn	West Coast Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn West Coast
2016	Sydney	v	Footscray tawb	Sydney Footscray tawb Sydney Footscray tawb	1 2 3 4	Footscray tawb Sydney Footscray tawb Sydney
2017	Adelaide	v	Richmond	Richmond Adelaide Richmond Adelaide	1 2 3 4	Adelaide Richmond Adelaide Richmond
2018	West Coast	v	Collingwood	Collingwood West Coast Collingwood West Coast	1 2 3 4	West Coast Collingwood West Coast Collingwood
2019	Richmond	v	`Greater Western`	Greater Western Richmond Greater Western Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Greater Western Richmond Greater Western
2020	Richmond	v	Geelong	Richmond Geelong Richmond Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Richmond Geelong Richmond
2021	Melbourne	v	Footscray tawb	Melbourne Footscray tawb Melbourne Footscray tawb	1 2 3 4	Footscray tawb Melbourne Footscray tawb Melbourne
2022	Geelong	v	Sydney	Geelong Sydney Geelong Sydney	1 2 3 4	Sydney Geelong Sydney Geelong

Grand Final Draws and their Replay

1948	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne	1 2 3 4	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon
1948	Essendon	v	Melbourne	Melbourne Essendon Melbourne Essendon	1 2 3 4	Essendon Melbourne Essendon Melbourne
1977	Collingwood	v	North Melb	Collingwood North Melbourne Collingwood North Melbourne	1 2 3 4	North Melbourne Collingwood North Melbourne Collingwood
1977	Collingwood	v	North Melb	Collingwood North Melb Collingwood North Melb	1 2 3 4	North Melb Collingwood North Melb Collingwood
2010	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda
2010	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood	1 2 3 4	Collingwood St Kilda Collingwood St Kilda

Just one 'ad hoc' Grand Final from before 1944

1933

South Melb

Richmond

South Melb

Richmond

South Melb

Richmond

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2
3
4

Richmond

South Melb

Richmond

South Melb

Non MCG Grand Finals

1944	Fitzroy	v	Richmond	Fitzroy Richmond Fitzroy Richmond	1 2 3 4	Richmond Fitzroy Richmond Fitzroy
1945	South Melb	v	Carlton	Carlton South Melb Carlton South Melb	1 2 3 4	South Melb Carlton South Melb Carlton
1991	Hawthorn	v	West Coast	West Coast Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn	1 2 3 4	Hawthorn West Coast Hawthorn West Coast
2020	Richmond	v	Geelong	Richmond Geelong Richmond Geelong	1 2 3 4	Geelong Richmond Geelong Richmond
2021	Melbourne	v	Footscray tawb	Melbourne Footscray tawb Melbourne Footscray tawb	1 2 3 4	Footscray tawb Melbourne Footscray tawb Melbourne