Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 19-Apr-1947 2:45 PM·Windy Hill·19,000 att.
Essendon
16.23 (119)
vs
South Melbourne
10.8 (68)
Essendon won by 51

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon3.7 (25)5.10 (40)10.17 (77)16.23 (119)16.23 (119)
South Melbourne3.1 (19)6.4 (40)8.4 (52)10.8 (68)10.8 (68)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Gordon Abbott1
#23 Bill Brittingham
#35 Percy Bushby1
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#32 Harry Equid1
#18 Les Gardiner
#8 Bert Harper
#28 Russell Hill
#7 Bill Hutchison4
#24 Jack Jones
#14 Chris Lambert
#22 Gordon Lane1
#9 Ted Leehane3
#12 Wally May
#31 Bob McClure
#20 Bill Pearson1
#17 Ray Powell
#2 Keith Rawle3
#3 Dick Reynolds1
#21 Cec Ruddell

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 George Allen1
#32 Ron Bywater
#8 Vic Castles1
#33 Wylie Chambers1
#20 Jim Cleary
#1 Jack Danckert
#30 Jack Dempsey
#27 Jack Graham2
#17 Don Grossman
#12 Billy King
#37 Bert Lucas
#19 Harry Mears1
#16 Max Piggott
#14 Reg Richards2
#11 Rex Ritchie
#29 Tom Roulent1
#22 Keith Schaefer
#28 Allan Strang1
#21 Peter Tippett
#4 William Williams