1948 VFL Grand Final
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| Date | 2 October 1948 9 October 1948 (replay) |
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| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||
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The 1948 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948. It was the 52nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season. The match, attended by 86,198 spectators, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL Grand Final had ended in a draw. A week later in the Grand Final replay, attended by 52,226 spectators, Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
The two teams would not meet again in a Grand Final until 1957, with Melbourne winning by 61 points.
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Umpire - Jack McMurray
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