1948 Grand Final Replay: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final Replay
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, October 9th, 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,226
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin MEL by 35 MEL by 22 MEL by 30 MEL by 39 MEL by 39
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): Harold Forsyth, Jack Lee
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance CHF ? 2 ?
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 ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy BPL ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len WR ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian RU ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie SUB ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane FB ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob HFFL ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col HBFL ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel HFFR ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack FPL ? 6 ?
30 Rodda, Alby RO ? 2 ?
31 Rule, Stan BPR ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm FF ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 13 11

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 35 P. Bushby 1 V. Fisher
2 K. Rawle 23 B. Brittingham 32 H. Equid 26 B. Syme 11 R. McEwin
FORWARD 7 B. Hutchison

HALF-BACK



25 C. McLean 1 D. Cordner 3 G. Collins



3 D. Reynolds (c) 9 T. Leehane 24 J. Jones



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
2 B. McKenzie 29 L. Arnold 35 N. McMahen 30 A. Rodda

4 N. McDonald 12 W. May 18 L. Gardiner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 J. Mueller 4 N. Smith 6 E. Craddock



31 B. McClure 21 C. Ruddell 14 C. Lambert



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes

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