Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 17-Apr-1948 2:15 PM·M.C.G.·28,664 att.
Melbourne
12.5 (77)
vs
Essendon
13.18 (96)
Essendon won by 19

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne5.2 (32)6.2 (38)9.4 (58)12.5 (77)12.5 (77)
Essendon4.1 (25)8.5 (53)8.11 (59)13.18 (96)13.18 (96)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#29 Lance Arnold
#33 Des Bell1
#16 George Bickford
#21 Don Cordner
#5 Billy Deans
#32 Len Dockett1
#28 Adrian Dullard1
#24 Frank Hanna
#7 Eddie Jackson
#18 Wally Lock
#22 Shane McGrath
#2 Robert McKenzie5
#25 Col McLean
#1 Jim Mitchell1
#15 Frank OConnor
#30 Alby Rodda
#14 Eric Roscoe2
#31 Stan Rule
#34 Frank Scanlan1
#13 Max Spittle

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#33 Noel Allanson
#27 Bob Bradley
#23 Bill Brittingham2
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#32 Harry Equid
#30 Ivan Goodingham2
#8 Bert Harper
#6 George Hassell
#7 Bill Hutchison3
#24 Jack Jones3
#17 Harold Lambert
#22 Gordon Lane1
#9 Ted Leehane1
#12 Wally May
#31 Bob McClure
#4 Norm McDonald
#2 Keith Rawle1
#3 Dick Reynolds
#21 Cec Ruddell
#16 Greg Tate