1948 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1948 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 119

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Essendon
Brownlow Medallist(s): Bill Morris (Richmond)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Lindsay White (Geelong)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Essendon (R) 1st 16 -1- 2 137.2% Bill Hutchison (17) Bill Hutchison (48)
Melbourne (P) 2nd 13 -0- 6 124.9% Alby Rodda (11) Lance Arnold (37)
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 118.3% Bill Twomey (15) Lou Richards (41)
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 7 103.2% Charlie Sutton (8) Bill Wood (40)
Richmond 5th 11 -1- 7 125.6% Bill Morris (24) Jack Dyer (64)
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 9 113.1% Ollie Grieve (21) Ken Baxter, Ray Garby (39)
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 10 112.8% Allan Ruthven (13) Eddie Hart (61)
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 11 83.6% Dally O'Brien (12) Don Condon (38)
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 12 89.7% Bruce Morrison (11) Lindsay White (86)
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 12 82.8% Ron Clegg (16) Jack Graham (33)
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 75.7% Alec Albiston (11) Albert Prior (47)
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 59.8% Bobby Hancock (13) Peter Bennett (32)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 3
Boundary Umpire 6

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 77 - 96 28,664
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 70 17,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 76 - 117 16,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 145 - 65 14,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 123 - 108 28,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 66 - 86 20,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 48 - 79 9,000
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 107 - 68 17,500
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 58 - 78 32,000
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 132 - 57 29,000
MON 26/04/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 82 - 59 16,000
MON 26/04/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 72 47,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 48 - 86 31,057
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 87 - 89 23,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 108 - 93 30,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 78 - 106 14,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 71 - 94 19,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 84 - 45 13,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 84 - 89 19,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 121 - 88 18,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 96 - 98 19,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 78 - 140 20,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 128 - 44 10,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 105 - 81 9,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 95 - 50 12,831
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 79 - 58 17,500
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 65 - 63 31,000
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 95 - 95 23,000
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 84 - 107 10,000
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 47 8,500

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 59 - 105 17,500
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 112 - 75 9,500
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 93 - 121 25,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 88 - 64 7,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 71 - 64 18,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 140 - 75 33,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 102 - 51 34,864
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 83 - 99 13,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 36 - 78 11,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 60 - 28 17,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 50 12,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 65 - 86 17,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 83 - 76 20,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 106 - 126 19,500
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 88 - 75 33,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 80 - 64 25,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 54 - 72 7,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 72 - 57 12,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 32 17,000
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 66 - 101 33,000
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 56 - 99 18,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 75 - 68 20,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 104 - 103 28,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 84 - 60 11,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 120 - 79 12,157
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 139 - 63 12,300
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 87 - 149 24,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 120 - 38 22,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 102 - 85 38,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 90 - 70 12,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 71 - 57 15,586
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 83 - 94 13,500
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 72 - 124 6,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 61 - 87 8,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 134 - 95 25,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 71 - 123 19,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 91 - 65 17,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 87 - 71 18,500
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 112 - 69 9,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 53 - 91 7,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 144 - 67 21,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 71 19,500

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 163 - 58 10,056
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 68 - 75 12,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 113 27,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 66 - 122 12,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 72 - 94 22,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 74 - 81 20,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 113 17,500
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 153 - 62 17,500
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 85 - 107 35,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 146 - 39 11,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 102 - 104 12,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 73 - 78 8,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 78 - 73 19,000
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 72 - 64 12,000
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 84 - 57 9,000
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 44 - 106 40,692
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 41 - 109 17,500
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 87 - 59 14,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 42 - 74 6,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 91 - 57 8,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 80 - 70 31,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 55 - 58 29,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 41 - 39 5,500
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 43 - 40 8,500

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 103 - 54 13,196
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 80 - 81 10,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 111 - 77 28,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 58 - 61 5,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 81 12,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 108 - 72 28,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 92 - 101 27,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 64 - 72 18,500
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 109 - 70 11,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 49 - 100 10,500
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 60 - 46 8,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 113 - 60 16,000

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 89 - 59 42,110
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 141 - 45 8,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 75 - 70 24,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 71 - 53 14,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 54 - 67 5,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 129 - 76 12,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray MCG 119 - 84 71,514

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 94 - 58 72,394

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 166 - 101 63,501

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1948 2:50 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 69 - 69 86,198

Grand Final Replay

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/10/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 50 - 89 52,226