1949 VFL Grand Final
Carlton
Essendon
6.16 (52)
18.17 (125)
1
2
3
4
CAR
2.4 (16)
2.10 (22)
3.12 (30)
6.16 (52)
ESS
3.3 (21)
7.7 (49)
12.15 (87)
18.17 (125)
Date 24 September 1949 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 88,718
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The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 1949. It was the 52nd annual grand final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1949 VFL season . The match, attended by 88,718 spectators, was won by Essendon by 73 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory.
It was Essendon's fourth successive grand final appearance, having won the 1946 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up the previous two years. Star Bombers full-forward John Coleman , in his first season of VFL Football, kicked six goals for the game, the last of which brought up his 100th goal for the year.
Teams [ ]
Carlton
Backs
Ritchie Green
Ollie Grieve
Fred Davies
H/Backs
Jim Clark
Bert Deacon
Jim Baird
Centre Line
Doug Williams
Ern Henfry (c)
Arthur Hodgson
H/Forwards
Jack Conley
Jack Howell
Ray Garby
Forwards
Geoff Brokenshire
Ken Baxter
Herb Turner
Rucks/Rover
Ken Hands
Frank Bateman
Jim Mooring
Reserves
Bernie Baxter
Fred Stafford
Carlton Coach: Percy Bentley
Essendon
Backs
Alan Thaw
Bill Brittingham
Wally May
H/Backs
Norm McDonald
Roy McConnell
Les Gardiner
Centre Line
Vic Fisher
Harold Lambert
Bob Bradley
H/Forwards
Jack Jones
Ted Leehane
Ron McEwin
Forwards
Dick Reynolds (c)
John Coleman
Keith Rawle
Rucks/Rover
Bob Syme
Bob McClure
Bill Hutchison
Reserves
Gordon Lane
George Hassell
Essendon Captain-Coach: Dick Reynolds
Umpire - Jack McMurray
Scorecard [ ]
1949 VFL Grand Final
Saturday, 24 September 2:30pm
Carlton
def. by
Essendon
MCG (crowd: 88,718)
2.4 (16) 2.10 (22) 3.12 (30) 6.16 (52)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
3.3 (21) 7.7 (49) 12.15 (87) 18.17 (125)
Umpires: Jack McMurray, Jr.
Howell, Turner, Garby, B. Baxter, K. Baxter, Hands 1
Goals
6 Coleman 3 Rawle 2 Hutchison , Syme , Jones 1 McEwin, Leehane, D. Reynolds
Deacon , Grieve , Green, Clark, Howell, Henfry
Best
McClure, May, Hutchison , Coleman, Brittingham, McDonald
Injuries
Nil
See also [ ]
References [ ]
1949 Grand final stats page on AFL Tables
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported , Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
Essendon 18.17 (125) defeated Carlton 6.16 (52), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Fisher
2. Rawle
3. Reynolds (c)
4. McDonald
6. Hassell
7. Hutchison
9. Leehane
10. Coleman
11. McEwin
12. May
17. Lambert
18. Gardiner
22. Lane
23. Brittingham
24. Jones
25. McConnell
26. Syme
27. Bradley
31. McClure
36. Thaw
Coach: Reynolds
AFL coach: Michael Voss
AFL captain: Patrick Cripps
VFL/AFL home grounds
Princes Park (1897–2005)
Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–)
Docklands Stadium (2002–)
AFLW home grounds Premierships Seasons Related articles
VFL/AFL home grounds
East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921)
Windy Hill (1922–1991)
Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–)
Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFL/AFL premierships (16) Seasons (142) Related articles Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to the First World War (indicated in grey)
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Former clubs Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924