Match Recap
Round 4·Sat, 8-May-1948 2:15 PM·Lake Oval·20,000 att.
South Melbourne
11.12 (78)
vs
Essendon
20.20 (140)
Essendon won by 62

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Melbourne5.3 (33)7.7 (49)10.10 (70)11.12 (78)11.12 (78)
Essendon2.5 (17)8.11 (59)12.12 (84)20.20 (140)20.20 (140)

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#34 Pat Bourke
#1 Stan Bulpit2
#36 Alf Callick
#18 George Caris
#20 Jim Cleary
#23 Ron Clegg
#30 Kevin Collins2
#21 Len Crane
#17 Erwin Dornau
#29 Jack Garrick
#27 Jack Graham1
#14 Reg Harley
#15 Vic Hill
#5 Len Holland
#12 Billy King
#22 Keith Schaefer1
#24 Larry Spokes
#26 Don Taylor3
#6 Les Williams
#4 William Williams2

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#33 Noel Allanson
#23 Bill Brittingham1
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#18 Les Gardiner
#30 Ivan Goodingham4
#6 George Hassell
#7 Bill Hutchison3
#24 Jack Jones1
#14 Chris Lambert
#17 Harold Lambert
#22 Gordon Lane5
#9 Ted Leehane1
#12 Wally May
#31 Bob McClure
#4 Norm McDonald
#11 Ron McEwin
#2 Keith Rawle4
#3 Dick Reynolds1
#21 Cec Ruddell
#16 Greg Tate