The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 game contested between the Carlton Football Club

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 and Essendon Football Club

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

 on 24 September 1949. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

, staged to determine the premiers for the 1949 VFL season

1949 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1949.-Premiership season:In 1949, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

. The match, attended by 90,453 spectators, was won by Essendon by 73 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.

It was Essendon's fourth successive Grand Final appearance, having won the 1946 VFL Grand Final

1946 VFL Grand Final

The 1946 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 October 1946. It was the 50th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...

 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
Backs	Ritchie Green Ritchie Green Ritchie Green is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* Richie Green at...	Ollie Grieve Ollie Grieve Ollie Grieve was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at -External links:*...	Fred Davies
H/Backs	Jim Clark Jim Clark (footballer) Jim Clark is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-External links:* -References:* at *...	Bert Deacon Bert Deacon Bert Deacon was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League . He is remembered for being Carlton's first ever Brownlow Medal winner....	Jim Baird Jim Baird Jim Baird was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He also appeared in 10 first-class matches for the Victoria cricket team, he took 42 wickets at 24.83 with a best of 7/108.-External links:* -References:* at * *...
Centre Line	Doug Williams Doug Williams (footballer) Doug Williams is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-External links:* -References:* Doug Williams at...	Ern Henfry Ern Henfry Ern Henfry was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League . After playing three seasons for Perth Football Club in the WAFL from 1939–1941, and finishing second to Haydn Bunton in the Sandover Medal in 1941, he joined the RAAF...  (c)	Arthur Hodgson Arthur Hodgson (footballer) Arthur Hodgson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and North Western Football Union . Born in Sydney but raised in Queenstown, Tasmania, Hodgson was recruited by the Carlton Football Club in Victoria, playing 76 games and winning the Robert Reynolds Trophy as...
H/Forwards	Jack Conley Jack Conley (Australian rules footballer) Jack Conley is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at...	Jack Howell Jack Howell (footballer) Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :...	Ray Garby Ray Garby Ray Garby is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References Links:* at...
Forwards	Geoff Brokenshire Geoff Brokenshire Geoff Brokenshire is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League . The Brokenshire family is of Cornish descent.-External links:* -References:* at...	Ken Baxter Ken Baxter Ken "Fleetwood Smith" Baxter was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at *...	Herb Turner Herb Turner Herbert Wilfred Turner was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Nicknamed "Stumpy", Turner was a dual premiership player at Carlton...
Rucks/Rover	Ken Hands Ken Hands Ken Hands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing....	Frank Bateman Frank Bateman Frank Bateman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:*-References:* at...	Jim Mooring Jim Mooring Jim Mooring was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at...
Reserves	Bernie Baxter Bernie Baxter Bernie Baxter is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at -External links:*...	Fred Stafford Fred Stafford Fred Stafford is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .It is known that he kicked a winning goal in the dying seconds of the 1947 VFL Grand Final.-External links:* -References:* at...

Carlton Coach: Percy Bentley

Percy Bentley

Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...

		Essendon
Backs	Alan Thaw Alan Thaw Alan Thaw was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s and early 1950s....	Bill Brittingham Bill Brittingham Bill Brittingham was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams of 1946, 1949 and 1950.-External links:*-References:**...	Wally May Wally May Wally May was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Recruited locally, Wally 'Chooka' May gave Essendon fine service as a ruckman/defender in 94 VFL games between 1947 and 1952...
H/Backs	Norm McDonald	Roy McConnell Roy McConnell Roy McConnell was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:*-References:**...	Les Gardiner Les Gardiner (footballer) Les Gardiner is a formerAustralian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of the Essendon premiership team in 1946, 1949 and 1950.-External links:*-References:*...
Centre Line	Vic Fisher Vic Fisher Vic Fisher was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s.Fisher was with Essendon when the club was at its peak and despite playing 25 games he only experienced two losses in his career...	Harold Lambert Harold Lambert (footballer) Harold Lambert is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:*-References:*...	Bob Bradley Bob Bradley (footballer) Robert 'Bob' Bradley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s....
H/Forwards	Jack Jones	Ted Leehane Ted Leehane Ted Leehane is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of the great Essendon premiership teams in 1942, 1949 and 1950.Leehane captain-coached Mansfield from 1951 to 1956....	Ron McEwin Ron McEwin Ron McEwin was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Ron McEwin was a member of the Essendon premiership teams in 1949 and 1950.-External links:*-References:**...
Forwards	Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds Richard Sylvannus 'Dick' Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer and coach who represented Essendon and Victoria with great distinction.... (c)	John Coleman	Keith Rawle Keith Rawle Keith Trevillian Rawle was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1940s. He was the son of former North Melbourne and Essendon footballer George Rawle....
Rucks/Rover	Bob Syme Bob Syme Bob Syme was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League .- Player :A fast, vigorous and fiery ruckman , Syme joined Essendon in 1944.He played in:...	Bob McClure Bob McClure (footballer) Robert J. "Bluey" McClure was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.A ruckman, McClure served in the navy prior to joining Essendon. He became a key component in a successful Essendon side, winning premierships in 1946, 1949 and 1950. A knee injury forced him to retire...	Bill Hutchison
Reserves	Gordon Lane Gordon Lane Gordon 'Whopper' Lane is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Essendon and South Melbourne in the VFL. He played as a forward with a strong overhead mark and was rated by Jack Dyer in 1946 as 'the best centre half forward in the game'.He is best remembered for his performances...	George Hassell George Hassell (footballer) George Hassell was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s.Ascot Vale recruit George Hassell played in four successive Grand Finals from 1946 to 1949. A left footed wingman, he was a premiership player in his debut season as well as in 1949, the...

Essendon Captain-Coach: Dick Reynolds

Dick Reynolds

Richard Sylvannus 'Dick' Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer and coach who represented Essendon and Victoria with great distinction....

Umpire - Jack McMurray

Score

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Carlton Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...	2.4	2.10	3.12	6.16 (52)
Essendon Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...	3.3	7.7	12.15	18.17 (125)

Goalkickers

Carlton B Baxter 1 K Baxter 1 Garby 1 Hands 1 Howell 1 Turner 1

Essendon Coleman 6 Rawle 3 Jones 2 Syme 2 Hutchison 2 Leehane 1 Reynolds 1 McEwin 1