1948 VFL Grand Final
The 1948 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948. It was the 52nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,658 spectators, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL Grand Final had ended in a draw. A week later in the Grand Final replay, attended by 52,226 spectators, Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
Grand final
Score
Team |
1 Qtr |
2 Qtr |
3 Qtr |
Final |
Essendon |
0.6 |
2.15 |
6.21 |
7.27 (69) |
Melbourne |
3.0 |
4.5 |
6.8 |
10.9 (69) |
Attendance: 85,658 |
Goal Kickers
Melbourne
- Mueller 6
- Arnold 1
- Craddock 1
- Dullard 1
- Smith 1
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Essendon
- Hutchison 2
- Brittingham 2
- Rawle 2
- Bradley 1
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Grand Final Replay
Team |
1 Qtr |
2 Qtr |
3 Qtr |
Final |
Essendon |
0.3 |
5.5 |
6.6 |
7.8 (50) |
Melbourne |
6.2 |
9.3 |
11.6 |
13.11 (89) |
Attendance:52,226 |
Goal Kickers
Melbourne
- Mueller 6
- Arnold 2
- Rodda 2
- Dullard 1
- Smith 1
- McMahen 1
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Essendon
- Brittingham 2
- Syme 2
- Hutchison 1
- Jones 1
- Reynolds 1
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Grand Final Replay Teams
- Essendon Captain-Coach: Dick Reynolds
- Melbourne Coach: "Checker" Hughes
Umpire - Jack McMurray
Grand Final Replay Team Changes
Melbourne
Essendon
See also
References
- AFL Tables: 1948 Season
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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