1907 Championship of Australia

The 1907 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 28 September 1907.

The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL, Norwood.

The match, played in front of 12,000, was won by Norwood by a margin of 32 points, giving Norwood its 2nd Championship of Australia Title.^[1]

This was the first Championship of Australia match to be held since 1893.

Future Premier of South Australia Lionel Hill and South Australian Attorney-General Shirley Jeffries were members of the victorious Norwood side.^[2]

Match details


	Championship of Australia
28 September 1907	Norwood	def.	Carlton	Adelaide Oval (Crowd: 12,000)
	1.7 (13) 3.8 (26) 10.11 (71) 13.12 (90)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 3.5 (23) 3.6 (24) 8.10 (58)	Umpires: Tullach

L Chamberlain 5 R Townsend 4 P Newland 2 C Gwynne, E Lewis 1		Goals	A Lang, H Kelly, M Grace 2 G Topping, F Jinks 1

↑ "FOOTBALL-CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA-NORWOOD DEFEATS CARLTON.". The Advertiser. 30 September 1907.
↑ "Lawyer and legislator", News (Adelaide), 14 December 1927, p. 6.

Norwood Football Club

Captain: Alex Georgiou Coach: Ben Warren Nickname: Redlegs

SANFL home grounds	East Parklands (1878–1882) Kensington Oval (1882–1897) Jubilee Oval (1898–1900) Norwood Oval (1901–present)

Champions of Australia (2)	1888 1907

NFL championship (1)	1977

SANFL premierships (30)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1887 1888 1889 1891 1894 1894 1904 1907 1922 1923 1925 1929 1941 1946 1948 1950 1975 1978 1982 1984 1997 2012 2013 2014

Seasons (137)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Related articles	Port Adelaide–Norwood SANFL rivalry

Carlton Football Club

History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Marc Murphy Coach: Brendon Bolton Nickname: Blues

Stadiums	Melbourne Cricket Ground Etihad Stadium Princes Park

Premierships	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995

Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Related articles	Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry Carlton–Essendon AFL rivalry 2002 salary cap breach

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