- 1947 VFL Grand Final
The 1947 VFL Grand Final took place on
September 27 ,1947 at theMelbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Carlton and Essendon. A crowd of 85815 people saw Carlton win the match by a single point, 86 to 85, the first grand final to be decided by such a margin since Fitzroy v Essendon in 1898. Essendon were attempting to become back to back premiers and had the lead in the dying seconds before Ken Baxter won the ball from a boundary throw in and gave the ball to Carlton half forward flankerFred Stafford who snapped the winning goal off his left boot.Teams
Aussie rules team old| title = Carlton
backpocket1 =Ritchie Green
fullback =Ollie Grieve
backpocket2 = George Bailey
halfbackflank1 =Vin Brown
centrehalfback =Bert Deacon
halfbackflank2 = Jim Clark
wing1 =Fred Fitzgibbon
centre =Ern Henfry (c)
wing2 = Doug Williams
halfforwardflank1 =Fred Stafford
centrehalfforward =Ken Hands
halfforwardflank2 =Ray Garby
forwardpocket1 = Fred Davies
fullforward =Jim Baird
forwardpocket2 =Herb Turner
ruck = Jack Howell
ruckrover = Jack Bennett
rover = Jack Conley
reserve1 =Ken Baxter
reserve2 =Allan Greenshields
coach =Percy Bentley Aussie rules team old| title = Essendon
backpocket1 = Les Gardiner
fullback =Cec Ruddell
backpocket2 = Bob McClure
halfbackflank1 =Noel Allanson
centrehalfback =Wally Buttsworth
halfbackflank2 = Norm McDonald
wing1 = Bob Bradley
centre = Harold Lambert
wing2 = George Hassell
halfforwardflank1 =Dick Reynolds (c)
centrehalfforward = Jack Jones
halfforwardflank2 =Albert Harper
forwardpocket1 =Ivan Goodingham
fullforward =Bill Brittingham
forwardpocket2 =Keith Rawle
ruck =Perc Bushby
ruckrover =Jack Cassin
rover = Bill Hutchison
reserve1 =Ken Newton
reserve2 =Greg Tate
coach =Dick Reynolds tatistics
core
Goal kickers
Trivia
The scoreline of this game, Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.19 (85), is coincidentally similar to the scoreline of the famous 1999 Preliminary Final. Each team scored exactly three goals more in that game than in this one, the final score reading Carlton 16.8 (104) d Essendon 14.19 (103).
External links
* [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Grand+Final%2C+1947 Blueseum article on the grand final]
ee also
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1947 VFL season
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