1948 VFL Season Grand Final Replay: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 October 1948 between Essendon and Melbourne in the grand final (replay) 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 (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

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

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 MELB by 35 MELB by 22 MELB by 30 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
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

H. Forsyth
J. Lee

Player Statistics

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 (c) HFFR ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec FB ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob RU ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 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 (c) 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 (20 players) 13 11

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 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