1949 VFLS Season: Essendon Seconds

These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Seconds for the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Melbourne Seconds in the second semi final, the Essendon Seconds were defeated by the Melbourne Seconds in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1949 VFLS Season
Team: Essendon Seconds
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-1-5, P%: 143.1)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1949 Round 1 Hawthorn (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 23 unknown unknown
23/04/1949 Round 2 North Melbourne (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 110 unknown unknown
30/04/1949 Round 3 St Kilda (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 105 unknown unknown
07/05/1949 Round 4 Carlton (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 76 unknown unknown
14/05/1949 Round 5 Richmond (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 40 unknown unknown
21/05/1949 Round 6 Collingwood (S) HOME LOSS COLS by 3 unknown unknown
28/05/1949 Round 7 Melbourne (S) AWAY LOSS MLBS by 21 unknown unknown
04/06/1949 Round 8 Footscray (S) HOME LOSS FOOS by 41 unknown unknown
11/06/1949 Round 9 South Melbourne (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 102 unknown unknown
18/06/1949 Round 10 Fitzroy (S) AWAY DRAW drawn unknown unknown
02/07/1949 Round 11 Geelong (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 47 unknown unknown
09/07/1949 Round 12 Hawthorn (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 54 unknown unknown
16/07/1949 Round 13 North Melbourne (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 52 unknown unknown
23/07/1949 Round 14 St Kilda (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 19 unknown unknown
30/07/1949 Round 15 Carlton (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 23 unknown unknown
06/08/1949 Round 16 Richmond (S) HOME LOSS RICS by 29 unknown unknown
13/08/1949 Round 17 Collingwood (S) AWAY LOSS COLS by 43 unknown unknown
20/08/1949 Round 18 Melbourne (S) HOME WIN ESSS by 17 unknown unknown
27/08/1949 Round 19 Footscray (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 10 unknown unknown
10/09/1949 Semi Final Melbourne (S) AWAY WIN ESSS by 20 unknown unknown
24/09/1949 Grand Final Melbourne (S) HOME LOSS MLBS by 44 unknown unknown