1948 Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, October 2nd, 1948
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,198
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Melbourne
Score: 7.27.69 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	0	.	6	2	.	15	6	.	21	7	.	27	7	.	27	(69)
Melbourne	3	.	0	4	.	5	6	.	8	10	.	9	10	.	9	(69)
Margin	MEL by 12			MEL by 2			ESS by 13			level			drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Frank Hughes (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Don Cordner (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack McMurray
Goal Umpire(s): Charles Rodwell, Edward White
Boundary Umpire(s): George Smith, Philip Stone
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
19	Bigelow, Doug	RU	?	0	?
27	Bradley, Bob	WL	?	1	?
23	Brittingham, Bill	FF	?	2	?
35	Bushby, Percy	BPR	?	0	?
15	Buttsworth, Wally	CHB	?	0	?
1	Fisher, Vic	SUB	?	0	?
8	Harper, Bert	C	?	0	?
6	Hassell, George	WR	?	0	?
7	Hutchison, Bill	RO	?	2	?
24	Jones, Jack	HFFR	?	0	?
14	Lambert, Chris	BPL	?	0	?
17	Lambert, Harold	HBFL	?	0	?
9	Leehane, Ted	CHF	?	0	?
12	May, Wally	SUB	?	0	?
31	McClure, Bob	RU	?	0	?
4	McDonald, Norm	HBFR	?	0	?
2	Rawle, Keith	FPR	?	2	?
3	Reynolds, Dick	HFFL	?	0	?
21	Ruddell, Cec	FB	?	0	?
26	Syme, Bob	FPL	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total				7	27

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
29	Arnold, Lance	CHF	?	1	?
16	Bickford, George	C	?	0	?
11	Bowman, Gordon	SUB	?	0	?
3	Collins, Geoff	HBFR	?	0	?
1	Cordner, Denis	CHB	?	0	?
21	Cordner, Don	RU	?	0	?
6	Craddock, Eddie	FPR	?	1	?
5	Deans, Billy	BPL	?	0	?
32	Dockett, Len	WR	?	0	?
28	Dullard, Adrian	RU	?	1	?
8	Heywood, Doug	HFFL	?	0	?
7	Jackson, Eddie	SUB	?	0	?
22	McGrath, Shane	FB	?	0	?
25	McLean, Col	HBFL	?	0	?
35	McMahen, Noel	HFFR	?	0	?
12	Mueller, Jack	FPL	?	6	?
30	Rodda, Alby	RO	?	0	?
31	Rule, Stan	BPR	?	0	?
4	Smith, Norm	FF	?	1	?
13	Spittle, Max	WL	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total				10	9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	5	B. Deans	22	S. McGrath	31	S. Rule	19	D. Bigelow	1	V. Fisher
	2	K. Rawle	23	B. Brittingham	26	B. Syme	31	B. McClure	12	W. May
FORWARD							7	B. Hutchison
HALF-BACK
	25	C. McLean	1	D. Cordner	3	G. Collins
	24	J. Jones	9	T. Leehane	3	D. Reynolds (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	M. Spittle	16	G. Bickford	32	L. Dockett
	6	G. Hassell	8	B. Harper	27	B. Bradley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							21	D. Cordner (c)	11	G. Bowman
HALF-FORWARD							28	A. Dullard	7	E. Jackson
	8	D. Heywood	29	L. Arnold	35	N. McMahen	30	A. Rodda
	4	N. McDonald	15	W. Buttsworth	17	H. Lambert
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	J. Mueller	4	N. Smith	6	E. Craddock
	35	P. Bushby	21	C. Ruddell	14	C. Lambert
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Frank Hughes

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