Match Recap
Round 18·Sat, 20-Aug-1949 2:15 PM·M.C.G.·58,436 att.
Melbourne
11.10 (76)
vs
Essendon
15.11 (101)
Essendon won by 25

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne2.2 (14)7.4 (46)7.5 (47)11.10 (76)11.10 (76)
Essendon5.1 (31)7.2 (44)12.9 (81)15.11 (101)15.11 (101)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#29 Lance Arnold1
#16 George Bickford
#3 Geoff Collins
#1 Denis Cordner1
#21 Don Cordner
#5 Billy Deans
#32 Len Dockett
#28 Adrian Dullard
#9 Ray Harvey1
#7 Eddie Jackson
#19 Colin Love3
#22 Shane McGrath
#2 Robert McKenzie4
#25 Col McLean
#30 Alby Rodda
#27 Ken Rollason
#31 Stan Rule
#13 Max Spittle
#15 Len Toyne1
#37 Mike Woods

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#33 Noel Allanson
#19 Doug Bigelow
#27 Bob Bradley
#23 Bill Brittingham
#10 John Coleman4
#1 Vic Fisher
#18 Les Gardiner
#7 Bill Hutchison2
#24 Jack Jones
#22 Gordon Lane2
#9 Ted Leehane1
#12 Wally May
#31 Bob McClure
#25 Roy McConnell
#4 Norm McDonald
#11 Ron McEwin2
#3 Dick Reynolds
#26 Bob Syme1
#16 Greg Tate3
#36 Alan Thaw