1949 VFL grand final

1949 VFL Grand Final
1949 VFL Grand Final
6.16 (52)	18.17 (125)
Date	24 September 1949
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	88,718

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

Essendon

		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

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

v t e Essendon Football Club 1949 VFL premiers
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

v t e Carlton Football Club
Nickname: Blues History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Honour roll AFL coach: Michael Voss AFL captain: Patrick Cripps AFLW coach: Matthew Buck AFLW captain: Kerryn Harrington
VFL/AFL home grounds	Princes Park (1897–2005) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–) Docklands Stadium (2002–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2017–)
Premierships	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995
Runner-up (13)	1904 1909 1910 1916 1921 1932 1949 1962 1969 1973 1986 1993 1999
AFLW runners-up (1)	2019
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Related articles	1999 AFL First Preliminary Final 2002 salary cap breach Collingwood rivalry Essendon rivalry Northern Blues

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Dyson Heppell AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Stephanie Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (2)	2022 (S7) 2023
Related articles	Anzac Day match Archer–Hird Medal Carlton rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G The Hangar Line in the Sand Match Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne Supplements saga West Melbourne Football Club
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

Teams

Scorecard

See also

References