1950 VFL grand final
# 1950 VFL grand final

The 1950 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September 1950. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1950 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,869 spectators , was won by Essendon by 38 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory.

## Background

This was North Melbourne's first-ever VFL Grand Final, while Essendon were competing in their fifth successive premiership decider. They were the reigning premiers, having defeated Carlton in the 1949 VFL Grand Final. Essendon's victory sent the retiring Dick Reynolds out in style, although he would come out of retirement for one final game in 1951.

## Teams

| Essendon | N. Melbourne |
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Essendon :

| B: | Les Gardiner | Bill Brittingham | Wally May |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Harold Lambert | Roy McConnell | Norm McDonald |
| C: | Chris Lambert | Alan Dale | Jack Collins |
| HF: | Jack Jones | Bill Snell | Albert Harper |
| F: | Dick Reynolds (c) | John Coleman | Ron McEwin |
| Foll: | Bob McClure | Bob Syme | Bill Hutchison |
| Res: | Ted Leehane | Noel Allanson |
| Coach: | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |

North Melbourne :

| B: | Pat Kelly | Jock McCorkell | John Reeves |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Ted Jarrard | Reg Ryan | Les Reeves |
| C: | Keith McKenzie | Kevin Dynon | Les Mogg |
| HF: | Gerald Marchesi | Frank Jeeves | Don Condon |
| F: | Bob Brooker | Jock Spencer | Tim Robb |
| Foll: | Col Thornton | Les Foote (c) | Jim Malone |
| Res: | Vic Lawrence | Jack Hedley |
| Coach: | Wally Carter | Wally Carter | Wally Carter |

* Umpire – Jack McMurray, Jr.

## Statistics

### Goalkickers

| Essendon Coleman 4 Reynolds 2 Syme 2 Dale 1 Harper 1 Hutchison 1 McEwin 1 Snell 1 | North Melbourne Spencer 3 Robb 2 Brooker 1 Dynon 1 |
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