1950 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1950 between Essendon and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Wally Carter.

Essendon (13.14.92) defeated North Melbourne (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 September 1950
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,869

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
North Melbourne 4 . 0 5 . 5 7 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Wally Carter

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

R. Allen
C. White

Boundary Umpires

B. Downie
W. Quinn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Hedley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Jeeves, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Marchesi, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
18 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Mogg, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
35 Ryan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 3 ?
32 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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