1947 VFL Grand Final

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Fred Stafford kicking the winning goal
Fred Stafford kicking the winning goal

The 1947 VFL Grand Final took place on September 27, 1947 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Carlton and Essendon. A crowd of 85815 people saw Carlton win the match by a single point, 86 to 85, the first grand final to be decided by such a margin since Fitzroy v Essendon in 1898. Essendon were attempting to become back to back premiers and had the lead in the dying seconds before Ken Baxter won the ball from a boundary throw in and gave the ball to Carlton half forward flanker Fred Stafford who snapped the winning goal off his left boot.

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[edit] Teams

Carlton
B: Ritchie Green Ollie Grieve George Bailey
HB: Vin Brown Bert Deacon Jim Clark
C: Fred Fitzgibbon Ern Henfry (c) Doug Williams
HF: Fred Stafford Ken Hands Ray Garby
F: Fred Davies Jim Baird Herb Turner
Foll: Jack Howell Jack Bennett Jack Conley
Reserve(s): Ken Baxter Allan Greenshields
Coach: Percy Bentley
Essendon
B: Les Gardiner Cec Ruddell Bob McClure
HB: Noel Allanson Wally Buttsworth Norm McDonald
C: Bob Bradley Harold Lambert George Hassell
HF: Dick Reynolds (c) Jack Jones Albert Harper
F: Ivan Goodingham Bill Brittingham Keith Rawle
Foll: Perc Bushby Jack Cassin Bill Hutchison
Reserve(s): Ken Newton Greg Tate
Coach: Dick Reynolds

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Score

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Carlton 4.0 8.0 10.4 13.8 13.8 (86)
Essendon 3.7 8.11 10.15 11.19 11.19 (85)

[edit] Goal kickers

Carlton

  • Davies 4
  • Baird 3
  • Turner 2
  • Garby 1
  • Henfry 1
  • Howell 1
  • Stafford 1

Essendon

  • Hutchison 4
  • Brittingham 2
  • Reynolds 2
  • Cassin 1
  • Goodingham 1
  • Rawle 1

[edit] Trivia

The scoreline of this game, Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.19 (85), is coincidentally similar to the scoreline of the famous 1999 Preliminary Final. Each team scored exactly three goals more in that game than in this one, the final score reading Carlton 16.8 (104) d Essendon 14.19 (103).

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