Match Recap
Round 2·Sat, 26-Apr-1947 2:45 PM·Western Oval·22,000 att.
Footscray
15.13 (103)
vs
Essendon
13.11 (89)
Footscray won by 14

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray5.5 (35)6.8 (44)12.10 (82)15.13 (103)15.13 (103)
Essendon1.1 (7)5.7 (37)10.8 (68)13.11 (89)13.11 (89)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#22 Wally Donald
#19 Reg Evenden
#20 Bruce Fountain
#9 Pat Hand
#7 Harry Hickey
#23 Jack Logan
#27 Len McCankie
#32 Marty McDonnell
#21 George McLaren
#14 Jim Miller
#29 Allan Moncrieff
#3 Arthur Olliver6
#31 Evan Rees
#30 Tim Robb4
#10 Joe Ryan1
#26 Ken Scott
#6 Charlie Sutton
#33 Dick Wearmouth
#16 Jack Welsh
#28 Bill Wood4

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Gordon Abbott
#23 Bill Brittingham
#35 Percy Bushby
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#32 Harry Equid6
#18 Les Gardiner
#8 Bert Harper
#28 Russell Hill
#7 Bill Hutchison1
#11 Jack Johnson
#24 Jack Jones1
#22 Gordon Lane1
#9 Ted Leehane1
#31 Bob McClure
#20 Bill Pearson
#17 Ray Powell
#2 Keith Rawle1
#3 Dick Reynolds2
#26 Bob Syme
#1 Herbie Tonkes