1949 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1949 between Carlton and Essendon in the grand final of the 1949 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 (6.16.52) were defeated by Essendon (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 September 1949
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,718

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 6.16.52 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 2 . 10 3 . 12 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 7 12 . 15 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

T. Nicholson
C. White

Boundary Umpires

B. Downie
W. Quinn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Bateman, Frank ? ? 0 ?
34 Baxter, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
31 Brokenshire, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 3 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 17

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