1948 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-1-2, P%: 137.2%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Hutchison (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Hutchison (48)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Hutchison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allanson, Noel #33 15 R01-R08, R11-R15, R17-R18 0
Bigelow, Doug #19 16 R05, R07-R19, SF, GF 8
Bradley, Bob #27 21 R01-R03, R05-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 3
Brittingham, Bill #23 21 R01-R17, R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 39
Bryar, Dick #10 3 R09, R17-R18 0
Bushby, Percy #35 9 R13-R18, SF, GF, GF(R) 1
Buttsworth, Wally #15 16 R01-R14, R19, GF 0
Equid, Harry #32 11 R01-R03, R06-R10, R15, SF, GF(R) 14
Fisher, Vic #1 12 R09-R11, R13-R14, R16-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 2
Gardiner, Les #18 14 R03-R07, R12-R19, GF(R) 0
Goninon, George #13 2 R12-R13 7
Goodingham, Ivan #30 13 R01-R06, R08-R12, R18-R19 15
Harper, Bert #8 8 R01-R03, R18-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
Hassell, George #6 18 R01-R10, R15-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 1
Hutchison, Bill #7 20 R01-R14, R16, R18-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 52
Jones, Jack #24 22 R01-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 26
Lambert, Chris #14 18 R04-R17, R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
Lambert, Harold #17 16 R01-R04, R09-R10, R12-R19, SF, GF 1
Lane, Gordon #22 3 R01, R03-R04 10
Leehane, Ted #9 22 R01-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 30
May, Wally #12 15 R01-R07, R15-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 1
McClure, Bob #31 21 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 3
McDonald, Norm #4 21 R01-R06, R08-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
McEwin, Ron #11 9 R04, R06-R12, GF(R) 1
Newton, Ken #29 8 R02, R05-R11 14
Rawle, Keith #2 22 R01-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 20
Reynolds, Dick #3 22 R01-R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 25
Ruddell, Cec #21 19 R01-R08, R10-R16, R19, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
Syme, Bob #26 11 R11-R18, SF, GF, GF(R) 12
Tate, Greg #16 11 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R08, R11, R14-R17 4
Ward, John #25 1 R15 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Chris Lambert Cec Ruddell Percy Bushby
Half-Back: Harold Lambert Wally May Norm McDonald
Centre: Bob Bradley Bert Harper George Hassell
Half-Forward: Dick Reynolds Ted Leehane Jack Jones
Forward: Bob Syme Bill Brittingham Keith Rawle
Follower: Doug Bigelow Bob McClure Bill Hutchison
Interchange: Vic Fisher Ron McEwin

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Reynolds, Dick 22 17 -2- 3 R01-R19, SF, GF, GF(R)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
26/04/1948 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
01/05/1948 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 15 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
08/05/1948 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 62 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/05/1948 Round 5 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
22/05/1948 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
29/05/1948 Round 7 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 16 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/06/1948 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 16 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/06/1948 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 54 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/06/1948 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 82 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
03/07/1948 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 52 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
10/07/1948 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 26 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
17/07/1948 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 56 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
24/07/1948 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
07/08/1948 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
14/08/1948 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
21/08/1948 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 34 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
28/08/1948 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
04/09/1948 Round 19 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 18 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
18/09/1948 Semi Final Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 36 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
02/10/1948 Grand Final Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
09/10/1948 Grand Final (R) Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 39 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds