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

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