1949 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1949 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1949 VFL 50px 6.16 (52) 50px 18.17 (125) CAR ESS 2.4 (16) 2.10 (22) 3.12 (30) 6.16 (52) 3.3 (21) 7.7 (49) 12.15 (87) 18.17 (125) 24 September 1949 88,718 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1948 1950 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, as well as Carlton's biggest Grand Final losing margin to date. 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 _carltonfc16h 0E1E2D 000000 0E1E2D Carlton _redrightsash _hoops_black 000000 ffffff FB0000 Essendon #FFFFFF Carlton Carlton Football Club #0E1E2D Ritchie Green Ollie Grieve Fred Davies Jim Clark Bert Deacon Jim Baird Doug Williams Ern Henfry (c) Arthur Hodgson Jack Conley Jack Howell Ray Garby Geoff Brokenshire Ken Baxter Herb Turner Ken Hands Frank Bateman Jim Mooring Bernie Baxter Fred Stafford Percy Bentley #CC2031 Essendon Essendon Football Club #000000 Alan Thaw Bill Brittingham Wally May Norm McDonald Roy McConnell Les Gardiner Vic Fisher Harold Lambert Bob Bradley Jack Jones Ted Leehane Ron McEwin Dick Reynolds (c) John Coleman Keith Rawle Bob Syme Bob McClure Bill Hutchison Gordon Lane George Hassell Dick Reynolds Umpire – Jack McMurray Scorecard 1949 VFL Grand Final Saturday, 24 September 2:30pm 2.4 (16) 2.10 (22) 3.12 (30) 6.16 (52) Howell, Turner, Garby, B. Baxter, K. Baxter, Hands 1 Deacon, Grieve, Green, Clark, Howell, Henfry A 3.3 (21) 7.7 (49) 12.15 (87) 18.17 (125) 6 Coleman 3 Rawle 2 Hutchison, Syme, Jones 1 McEwin, Leehane, D. Reynolds McClure, May, Hutchison, Coleman, Brittingham, McDonald Nil MCG 88,718 Jack McMurray, Jr. See also 1949 VFL season 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. 0-670-86814-0 Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Essendon Football Club Category:Carlton Football Club