Match Recap
Round 8·Sat, 4-Jun-1949 2:15 PM·Western Oval·12,500 att.
Footscray
7.17 (59)
vs
Essendon
10.12 (72)
Essendon won by 13

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.9 (21)2.11 (23)6.15 (51)7.17 (59)7.17 (59)
Essendon2.3 (15)6.5 (41)6.5 (41)10.12 (72)10.12 (72)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#29 Angus Abbey
#18 Dave Bryden
#5 Eric Cumming
#22 Wally Donald
#11 Max Isaac2
#31 Jack King
#19 Alan Martin
#27 Len McCankie
#32 Marty McDonnell
#21 George McLaren
#24 Tom Miller
#3 Arthur Olliver3
#31 Evan Rees
#26 Bill Scanlan
#25 Frank Scanlan
#6 Charlie Sutton
#34 Stan Wallis1
#33 Dick Wearmouth
#1 Norm Webb1
#28 Bill Wood

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#33 Noel Allanson
#19 Doug Bigelow
#27 Bob Bradley
#10 John Coleman6
#18 Les Gardiner
#6 George Hassell
#7 Bill Hutchison2
#24 Jack Jones1
#17 Harold Lambert
#9 Ted Leehane
#12 Wally May
#25 Roy McConnell
#4 Norm McDonald
#11 Ron McEwin
#5 John McLeish
#29 Ken Newton
#2 Keith Rawle1
#3 Dick Reynolds
#26 Bob Syme
#16 Greg Tate