1946 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 October 1946 between Essendon and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (22.18.150) defeated Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 October 1946
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 73,743

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 22.18.150 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 9 . 7 20 . 15 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Melbourne 8 . 3 10 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 3 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Goal Umpires

F. Rooney
C. White

Boundary Umpires

W. Quinn
G. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 2 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 22 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 3 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 6 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s