1949 VFL grand final

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.

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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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 B: Ritchie Green Ollie Grieve Fred Davies HB: Jim Clark Bert Deacon Jim Baird C: Doug Williams Ern Henfry (c) Arthur Hodgson HF: Jack Conley Jack Howell Ray Garby F: Geoff Brokenshire Ken Baxter Herb Turner Foll: Ken Hands Frank Bateman Jim Mooring Res: Bernie Baxter Fred Stafford Coach: Percy Bentley

Essendon B: Alan Thaw Bill Brittingham Wally May HB: Norm McDonald Roy McConnell Les Gardiner C: Vic Fisher Harold Lambert Bob Bradley HF: Jack Jones Ted Leehane Ron McEwin F: Dick Reynolds (c) John Coleman Keith Rawle Foll: Bob Syme Bob McClure Bill Hutchison Res: Gordon Lane George Hassell 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

• 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. ISBN 0-670-86814-0