1946 VFL Grand Final

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Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	7.2	9.7	20.15	22.18 (150)
Melbourne	8.3	10.4	11.5	13.9 (87)

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 the 1946 VFL season. The match, attended by 73,743 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 63 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.

Essendon won comfortably despite trailing at half time. A tally of 11 goals and 8 behinds in the third quarter by Essendon took the game away from Melbourne. This remains the best third quarter score by any team in a VFL/AFL Grand Final.

Wally Lock, Melbourne's half back, was playing his 100th VFL game.

This was the first of six successive Grand Final appearances by Essendon.

Contents

1 Teams
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Goalkickers
- 2.2 Attendance
3 References
4 See also

Teams

Essendon captain-coach Dick Reynolds

Essendon
B:	Les Gardiner	Cec Ruddell	Perc Bushby
HB:	Herbie Tonkes	Wally Buttsworth	Harold Lambert
C:	George Hassell	Bill Pearson	Albert Harper
HF:	Harry Equid	Gordon Lane	Dick Reynolds (c)
F:	Bob McClure	Bill Brittingham	Keith Rawle
Foll:	Gordon Abbott	Jack Cassin	Bill Hutchison
Reserve(s):	Jack Jones	Chris Lambert
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Melbourne
B:	Billy Deans	Shane McGrath	Don Cordner
HB:	Col McLean	Ted Cordner	Wally Lock
C:	George Bickford	Len Dockett	Roy Stabb
HF:	Gordon Bowman	Fred Fanning	Jim Mitchell
F:	Adrian Dullard	Norm Smith (c)	Ernie O'Rourke
Foll:	Jack Mueller	Stan Rule	Alby Rodda
Reserve(s):	Frank Kennedy	Arnold Byfield
Coach:	'Checker' Hughes

Umpire - Thomas Bride

Statistics

Goalkickers

Gordon Lane

Essendon

Lane 7
Brittingham 4
Hutchison 3
Reynolds 3
McClure 2
Cassin 1
Equid 1
Rawle 1

Melbourne

Mueller 6
Dullard 3
Bowman 1
Fanning 1
O'Rourke 1
Rodda 1

Attendance

MCG crowd - 73,743

References

1946 Grand Final stats page on AFL Table
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

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v · d · eEssendon Football Club 1946 VFL Premiers

Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. Reynolds \| 1. Tonkes \| 2. Rawle \| 5. H. Lambert \| 6. Hassell \| 7. Hutchison \| 13. Harper \| 14. C. Lambert \| 15. Buttsworth \| 18. Gardiner \| 19. Cassin \| 20. Pearson \| 21. Ruddell \| 22. Lane \| 23. Brittingham \| 24. Jones \| 25. Abbott \| 31. McClure \| 32. Equid \| 35. Bushby

Coach: Reynolds

v · d · eEssendon Football Club

History • Premierships & Records • Players • Captains • Coaches • Awards • W. S. Crichton Medal • Leading Goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson • Coach: James Hird • Nickname: Bombers

Home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) • Windy Hill (1922–91) • Princes Park (1993–97) • Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992+) • Docklands Stadium (2000+)

Premierships (16)	1897 • 1901 • 1911 • 1912 • 1923 • 1924 • 1942 • 1946 • 1949 • 1950 • 1962 • 1965 • 1984 • 1985 • 1993 • 2000

Seasons	1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Related articles	Anzac Day clash • Carlton-Essendon AFL rivalry • Dreamtime at the 'G • Archer–Hird Medal • Line in the Sand Match

v · d · eMelbourne Football Club

History • Club Honours • Current squad • Players • Coaches • Captains • Honour board • Awards • Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal • Leading Goalkickers Captain: Brad Green • Coach: Mark Neeld • Nickname: Demons

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1915; 1919–present) • Lake Oval (1899–1901) • East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1900) • Motordrome (1932) • Punt Road Oval (1942–46; 1956)

Training grounds	Junction Oval • Casey Fields • Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

Premierships (12)	1900 · 1926 · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1948 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1959 · 1960 · 1964

Seasons (132)	1877 · 1878 · 1879 · 1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 · 1884 · 1885 · 1886 · 1887 · 1888 · 1889 · 1890 · 1891 · 1892 · 1893 · 1894 · 1895 · 1896 · 1897 · 1898 · 1899 · 1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909 · 1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1915 –WWI– 1919 · 1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011

VFL affiliate	Sandringham Zebras (previous) · Casey Scorpions (current)

Rivalries	Collingwood

Melbourne did not compete in the VFL from 1916–18 due to the First World War

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