1949 VFL grand final
# 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.

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 | |
| | | 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 | |

Umpire - Jack McMurray

## Scorecard

| | 1949 VFL Grand Final | 1949 VFL Grand Final | 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. | Umpires: Jack McMurray, Jr. |
| Howell, Turner, Garby, B. Baxter, K. Baxter, Hands 1 | Howell, Turner, Garby, B. Baxter, K. Baxter, Hands 1 | Goals | 6 Coleman 3 Rawle 2 Hutchison, Syme, Jones 1 McEwin, Leehane, D. Reynolds | 6 Coleman 3 Rawle 2 Hutchison, Syme, Jones 1 McEwin, Leehane, D. Reynolds |
| Deacon, Grieve, Green, Clark, Howell, Henfry | Deacon, Grieve, Green, Clark, Howell, Henfry | Best | McClure, May, Hutchison, Coleman, Brittingham, McDonald | McClure, May, Hutchison, Coleman, Brittingham, McDonald |
| | | Injuries | Nil | Nil |
