Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 16-Apr-1949 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·13,500 att.
Essendon
18.12 (120)
vs
Hawthorn
9.3 (57)
Essendon won by 63

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon7.3 (45)11.7 (73)14.9 (93)18.12 (120)18.12 (120)
Hawthorn1.1 (7)4.2 (26)5.2 (32)9.3 (57)9.3 (57)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#33 Noel Allanson
#19 Doug Bigelow
#23 Bill Brittingham
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#10 John Coleman12
#1 Vic Fisher
#18 Les Gardiner
#32 George Goninon
#30 Ivan Goodingham
#6 George Hassell
#7 Bill Hutchison3
#24 Jack Jones1
#14 Chris Lambert
#9 Ted Leehane2
#12 Wally May
#31 Bob McClure
#4 Norm McDonald
#2 Keith Rawle
#3 Dick Reynolds
#16 Greg Tate

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#1 Alec Albiston2
#6 Gordon Anderson4
#9 Colin Austen
#18 Roy Baldwin
#15 Leo Bohan
#29 Ron Boys1
#25 Kevin Curran
#4 Lew Evans1
#23 Ted Fletcher
#3 Ken Hopper
#30 Lionel Johnston
#19 Allan Le Nepveu
#20 Vic McKinnon
#14 Peter ODonohue
#7 Neil Pearson
#8 Clive Philp
#17 Ralph Shalless1
#2 Fred Wain
#10 Mel Williams
#27 Malcolm Worrall