1947 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1947 between Carlton and Essendon in the grand final of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (13.8.86) defeated Essendon (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 September 1947
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,793

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 13.8.86 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 0 8 . 0 10 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Essendon 3 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 15 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11 CARL by 1 CARL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Goal Umpires

J. Lancaster
T. Nicholson

Boundary Umpires

W. Quinn
G. Smith

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 3 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 4 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
29 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 1 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 2 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 4 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Newton, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 19

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