By claiming their third successive premiership, Melbourne joined Carlton and Collingwood as the only clubs to achieve the feat.
Melbourne's team was understrength as they had been depleted by the war. Syd Anderson, Harold Ball, Ron Barassi and Keith Truscott, who were members of the previous season's premiership, missed the Grand Final as they were serving their country and all died in World War II.
There were sets of brothers on each team, with the Cordner brothers of Melbourne taking on the Reynolds brothers of Essendon.
Ross, J. (ed), 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, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN0-670-86814-0
1941, grand, final, 1941, grand, final, australian, rules, football, game, contested, between, melbourne, football, club, essendon, football, club, held, melbourne, cricket, ground, melbourne, september, 1941, 43rd, annual, grand, final, victorian, football, l. The 1941 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 in Melbourne on 27 September 1941 It was the 43rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League staged to determine the premiers for the 1940 VFL season The match attended by 79 687 spectators was won by Melbourne by a margin of 29 points marking that club s fifth premiership victory 1941 VFL Grand FinalMelbourne Essendon19 13 127 13 20 98 1 2 3 4MEL 6 6 42 11 9 75 14 11 95 19 13 127 ESS 1 1 7 2 6 18 6 12 48 13 20 98 Date27 September 1941StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundAttendance77 746 1940 VFL Grand Final 1942 By claiming their third successive premiership Melbourne joined Carlton and Collingwood as the only clubs to achieve the feat Melbourne s team was understrength as they had been depleted by the war Syd Anderson Harold Ball Ron Barassi and Keith Truscott who were members of the previous season s premiership missed the Grand Final as they were serving their country and all died in World War II There were sets of brothers on each team with the Cordner brothers of Melbourne taking on the Reynolds brothers of Essendon Contents 1 Teams 2 Statistics 2 1 Goalkickers 3 References 4 See alsoTeams Edit Melbourne EssendonMelbourneB Richie Emselle Shane McGrath Don CordnerHB Col McLean Ted Cordner Wally LockC Syd Anderson Allan La Fontaine c Stan HealHF Maurie Gibb Ron Baggott Ray WartmanF Jack O Keefe Norm Smith Gerry DalyFoll Jack Mueller Adrian Dullard Percy BeamesRes Warren LewisCoach Frank Checker Hughes EssendonB Elton Plummer Cec Ruddell Fred GreenHB Bob Flanigan Wally Buttsworth Allan HirdC Ernie Coward Harold Lambert Jack CaesarHF Gordon Lane Les Griggs Murray ExelbyF Jack Cassin Tom Reynolds Ted BryceFoll Hugh Torney Gordon Abbott Dick Reynolds c Res Ted ReganCoach Dick ReynoldsStatistics EditGoalkickers Edit Don Cordner Melbourne Beames 6 Mueller 3 Smith 3 Wartman 2 Anderson 1 Daly 1 Dullard 1 Gibb 1 O Keefe 1 Essendon T Reynolds 3 Bryce 2 D Reynolds 2 Abbott 1 Cassin 1 Exelby 1 Lane 1 Regan 1 Torney 1References Edit1941 Grand Final stats page on AFL Tables The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 Ross J ed 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 Viking Ringwood 1996 ISBN 0 670 86814 0See also Edit1941 VFL season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1941 VFL grand final amp oldid 1132346397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
