1948 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 October 1948 between Essendon and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (7.27.69) drew with Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 October 1948
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,198

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 MELB by 12 MELB by 2 ESSE by 13 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

C. Rodwell
E. White

Boundary Umpires

G. Smith
P. Stone

Player Statistics

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 (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec FB ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 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 (c) 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 (20 players) 10 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 B. Deans 22 S. McGrath 31 S. Rule 19 D. Bigelow 1 V. Fisher
2 K. Rawle 23 B. Brittingham 26 B. Syme 31 B. McClure 12 W. May
FORWARD 7 B. Hutchison

HALF-BACK



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



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



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
8 D. Heywood 29 L. Arnold 35 N. McMahen 30 A. Rodda

4 N. McDonald 15 W. Buttsworth 17 H. Lambert



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



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



35 P. Bushby 21 C. Ruddell 14 C. Lambert



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes