1948 VFL Grand Final

Essendon	Melbourne

Date

2 October 1948
9 October 1948 (replay)

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

← 1947

VFL Grand Final

1949 →

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 86,198 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.

The two teams would not meet again in a Grand Final until 1957, with Melbourne winning by 61 points.

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: 86,198

Goal Kickers

Melbourne

Mueller 6
Arnold 1
Craddock 1
Dullard 1
Smith 1

Essendon

Hutchison 2
Brittingham 2
Rawle 2
Bradley 1

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

Essendon

Brittingham 2
Syme 2
Hutchison 1
Jones 1
Reynolds 1

Grand Final Replay Teams

		Essendon
Backs	Chris Lambert	Cec Ruddell	Bob McClure
H/Backs	Les Gardiner	Wally May	Norm McDonald
Centre Line	Bob Bradley	Albert Harper	George Hassell
H/Forwards	Jack Jones	Ted Leehane	Dick Reynolds (c)
Forwards	Harry Equid	Bill Brittingham	Keith Rawle
Rucks/Rover	Bob Syme	Perc Bushby	Bill Hutchison
Reserves	Vic Fisher	Ron McEwin

Essendon Captain-Coach: Dick Reynolds

		Melbourne
Backs	Billy Deans	Shane McGrath	Stan Rule
H/Backs	Geoff Collins	Denis Cordner	Col McLean
Centre Line	Len Dockett	George Bickford	Max Spittle
H/Forwards	Noel McMahen	Lance Arnold	Bob McKenzie
Forwards	Jack Mueller	Norm Smith	Eddie Craddock
Rucks/Rover	Don Cordner(c)	Adrian Dullard	Alby Rodda
Reserves	Gordon Bowman	Edward Jackson

Melbourne Coach: "Checker" Hughes

Umpire - Jack McMurray

Grand Final Replay Team Changes

Melbourne

Bob McKenzie

Out

Doug Heywood

Essendon

Out

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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Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Denis Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Collins 4. Smith 5. Deans 6. Craddock 7. Jackson 11. Bowman 12. Mueller 13. Spittle 16. Bickford 21. Don Cordner (c) 22. McGrath 25. McLean 28. Dullard 29. Arnold 30. Rodda 31. Rule 32. Dockett 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club

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1948 VFL Grand Final

Grand final

Score

Goal Kickers

Grand Final Replay

Goal Kickers

Grand Final Replay Teams

Grand Final Replay Team Changes

See also

References