1950 VFL grand final

The 1950 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September 1950. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1950 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,869 spectators^{[note 1]} , was won by Essendon by 38 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory.

1950 VFL Grand Final
Essendon North Melbourne 13.14 (92) 7.12 (54)
1 2 3 4 ESS 7.3 (45) 7.6 (48) 10.11 (71) 13.14 (92) NM 4.0 (24) 5.5 (35) 7.9 (51) 7.12 (54)
Date	23 September 1950
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	85,869
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Background

Main article: 1950 VFL season

Further information: 1950 VFL finals series

This was North Melbourne's first-ever VFL Grand Final, while Essendon were competing in their fifth successive premiership decider. They were the reigning premiers, having defeated Carlton in the 1949 VFL Grand Final. Essendon's victory sent the retiring Dick Reynolds out in style, although he would come out of retirement for one final game in 1951.

Teams

Essendon

N. Melbourne

Essendon B: Les Gardiner Bill Brittingham Wally May HB: Harold Lambert Roy McConnell Norm McDonald C: Chris Lambert Alan Dale Jack Collins HF: Jack Jones Bill Snell Albert Harper F: Dick Reynolds (c) John Coleman Ron McEwin Foll: Bob McClure Bob Syme Bill Hutchison Res: Ted Leehane Noel Allanson Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne B: Pat Kelly Jock McCorkell John Reeves HB: Ted Jarrard Reg Ryan Les Reeves C: Keith McKenzie Kevin Dynon Les Mogg HF: Gerald Marchesi Frank Jeeves Don Condon F: Bob Brooker Jock Spencer Tim Robb Foll: Col Thornton Les Foote (c) Jim Malone Res: Vic Lawrence Jack Hedley Coach: Wally Carter

• Umpire – Jack McMurray, Jr.

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon team photo, 1950. BACK (L–R): Jones, May, Bigelow, McClure, McConnell, Snell, Coleman, Brittingham. CENTRE (L–R): Allanson, C. Lambert, McDonald, McEwin, Reynolds (capt/coach), Hutchison, Gardiner, Hassell. FRONT (L–R): Leehane, Bradley, H. Lambert, Tate.

Essendon Coleman 4 Reynolds 2 Syme 2 Dale 1 Harper 1 Hutchison 1 McEwin 1 Snell 1

North Melbourne Spencer 3 Robb 2 Brooker 1 Dynon 1

Notes

1. This is the official attendance. Some other sources provide an attendance number of 87,601 ^[1]

References

1. Atkinson & Atkinson (2009), p. 204

Bibliography

• Atkinson, Graeme; Atkinson, Brant (2009). The Complete Book of AFL Finals (4th ed.). The Five Mile Press. ISBN 9781742112756.
• Main, Jim (2006). When it matters most : the Norm Smith Medallist and best on ground in every Grand Final. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 1920910689.
• Ross, John, ed. (1996). 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported. Ringwood, Victoria: Viking. ISBN 0-670-86814-0.

External links

• Flashback: 1950 Grand Final - North Melbourne v Essendon on YouTube
• 1950 Grand Final stats page on AFL Tables

See also

• 1950 VFL season
• Essendon–North Melbourne rivalry