It was the 31st annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1929 VFL season.

The match, attended by 63,236 spectators,[1] was won by Collingwood by a margin of 29 points, marking that club's eighth premiership victory and third in succession.

In the week leading up to the match, Collingwood received handwritten anonymous letters, threatening the lives of eleven prominent players.

His main role was to protect Syd Coventry and, despite fracturing his arm, he battled on manfully, and held his own in what was, at times, a physically spiteful match.

Collingwood won by 29 points, attributable to the Magpies’ rock-solid defence, Edmonds' five goals and that players carried on in the face of serious injuries.