1948 VFL season


The 1948 Victorian Football League season was the 52nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Premiership season

In 1948, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 8.
Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1948 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page-McIntyre System.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Ladder

Finals

First Semi-Final

Second Semi-Final

Preliminary Final

Grand final

The 1948 Grand Final between Melbourne and Essendon, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948, was a drawn match: Melbourne 10.9 to Essendon 7.27. The crowd was 85,815. The two teams played again a week later..
Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Essendon0.62.156.217.27
Melbourne3.04.56.810.9
Attendance: 86,198----

Grand Final Replay

defeated Essendon 13.11 to Essendon 7.8, in the Grand Final Replay that was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 9 October 1948, in front of 52,226 people..
Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Essendon0.35.56.67.8
Melbourne6.29.311.613.11
Attendance:52,226----

Awards