The 1948 VFL season was the 52nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 17 April until 9 October, and comprised a 19-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
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.
All VFL matches were now scheduled to start at 2:15pm; previously it had been 2:30pm.
In round 7, Melbourne champion Norm Smith played his two hundredth game. He was reported for abusing the umpire; despite his claim that he had only said "don't be silly", he was suspended for four weeks.
After Carlton's round 11 loss at home to North Melbourne, police drew their batons to protect the umpires from Carlton fans.
In the round 16 match between Footscray and Geelong at the Western Oval the north wind was so fierce that when the Geelong full-back Bruce Morrison kicked the ball off after Footscray had scored a behind, the ball floated back over his head and went through the goal; the Goal umpire signalled a "forced behind". Only 1.1 (7) of the game's combined score of 18.40 (148) was scored against the wind.
The seconds premiership was won by Geelong. Geelong 17.12 (114) defeated Richmond 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the drawn senior Grand Final on Saturday 2 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]
Referencesedit
^"Geelong wins VFL seconds title". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 October 1948. p. 15.
Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN0-646-18748-1
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
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
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1948 VFL season at AFL Tables
1948 VFL season at Australian Football
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The 1948 VFL season was the 52nd season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 17 April until 9 October and comprised a 19 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1948 VFL premiership seasonMelbourne Football Club team premiersTeams12PremiersMelbourne6th premiershipMinor premiersEssendon9th minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistBill Morris Richmond Leading Goalkicker MedallistLindsay White Geelong Matches played119Highest86 198 19471949 The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the sixth time after it defeated Essendon by 39 points in the 1948 VFL Grand Final Replay Contents 1 Background 2 Home and away season 2 1 Round 1 2 2 Round 2 2 3 Round 3 2 4 Round 4 2 5 Round 5 2 6 Round 6 2 7 Round 7 2 8 Round 8 2 9 Round 9 2 10 Round 10 2 11 Round 11 2 12 Round 12 2 13 Round 13 2 14 Round 14 2 15 Round 15 2 16 Round 16 2 17 Round 17 2 18 Round 18 2 19 Round 19 3 Ladder 4 Finals series 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Preliminary final 4 3 Grand final 4 4 Grand final replay 5 Season notes 6 Awards 7 References 8 SourcesBackground editIn 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 Home and away season editRound 1 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 21 19 145 St Kilda 9 11 65 Western Oval 14 000 17 April 1948 Fitzroy 13 14 92 Geelong 9 16 70 Brunswick Street Oval 17 000 17 April 1948 South Melbourne 18 15 123 Richmond 17 6 108 Lake Oval 28 000 17 April 1948 Melbourne 12 5 77 Essendon 13 18 96 MCG 29 000 17 April 1948 North Melbourne 9 12 66 Collingwood 11 20 86 Arden Street Oval 20 000 17 April 1948 Hawthorn 11 10 76 Carlton 17 15 117 Glenferrie Oval 16 000 17 April 1948 Round 2 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 15 17 107 North Melbourne 10 8 68 Kardinia Park 17 500 24 April 1948 Carlton 8 10 58 Fitzroy 10 18 78 Princes Park 32 000 24 April 1948 St Kilda 7 6 48 Melbourne 11 13 79 Junction Oval 9 000 24 April 1948 Richmond 20 12 132 Footscray 8 9 57 Punt Road Oval 29 000 24 April 1948 Essendon 11 16 82 Hawthorn 8 11 59 Windy Hill 16 000 26 April 1948 Collingwood 18 17 125 South Melbourne 10 12 72 Victoria Park 47 000 26 April 1948 Round 3 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 10 11 71 South Melbourne 13 16 94 Arden Street Oval 19 000 1 May 1948 Footscray 12 12 84 Hawthorn 6 9 45 Western Oval 13 000 1 May 1948 St Kilda 11 12 78 Richmond 15 16 106 Junction Oval 14 000 1 May 1948 Melbourne 6 12 48 Fitzroy 12 14 86 MCG 31 000 1 May 1948 Essendon 16 12 108 Collingwood 14 9 93 Windy Hill 30 000 1 May 1948 Geelong 12 15 87 Carlton 13 11 89 Kardinia Park 23 000 1 May 1948 Round 4 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 14 21 105 North Melbourne 11 15 81 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 8 May 1948 Fitzroy 19 14 128 St Kilda 6 8 44 Brunswick Street Oval 10 000 8 May 1948 Collingwood 18 13 121 Geelong 13 10 88 Victoria Park 18 000 8 May 1948 Carlton 12 24 96 Footscray 15 8 98 Princes Park 19 000 8 May 1948 Richmond 12 12 84 Melbourne 13 11 89 Punt Road Oval 19 000 8 May 1948 South Melbourne 11 12 78 Essendon 20 20 140 Lake Oval 20 000 8 May 1948 Round 5 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date St Kilda 12 12 84 South Melbourne 14 23 107 Junction Oval 10 000 15 May 1948 Melbourne 14 11 95 North Melbourne 6 14 50 MCG 13 000 15 May 1948 Fitzroy 15 19 109 Hawthorn 6 11 47 Brunswick Street Oval 8 500 15 May 1948 Essendon 13 17 95 Richmond 14 11 95 Windy Hill 23 000 15 May 1948 Geelong 11 13 79 Footscray 8 10 58 Kardinia Park 17 500 15 May 1948 Collingwood 8 17 65 Carlton 9 9 63 Victoria Park 31 000 15 May 1948 Round 6 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 12 16 88 St Kilda 9 10 64 Arden Street Oval 7 000 22 May 1948 Carlton 14 9 93 Essendon 19 7 121 Princes Park 25 000 22 May 1948 South Melbourne 9 5 59 Melbourne 15 15 105 Lake Oval 17 500 22 May 1948 Hawthorn 17 10 112 Geelong 12 3 75 Glenferrie Oval 9 500 22 May 1948 Footscray 10 11 71 Fitzroy 9 10 64 Western Oval 18 000 22 May 1948 Richmond 21 14 140 Collingwood 9 21 75 Punt Road Oval 33 000 22 May 1948 Round 7 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 9 11 65 Richmond 12 14 86 Glenferrie Oval 17 000 29 May 1948 Footscray 8 12 60 South Melbourne 3 10 28 Western Oval 17 000 29 May 1948 Fitzroy 9 20 74 North Melbourne 7 8 50 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 29 May 1948 Essendon 12 11 83 Geelong 14 15 99 Windy Hill 13 000 29 May 1948 St Kilda 4 12 36 Collingwood 10 18 78 Junction Oval 11 000 29 May 1948 Melbourne 15 12 102 Carlton 7 9 51 MCG 35 000 29 May 1948 Round 8 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 15 16 106 South Melbourne 19 12 126 Kardinia Park 19 500 5 June 1948 Collingwood 11 17 83 Melbourne 11 10 76 Victoria Park 20 000 5 June 1948 St Kilda 7 12 54 Hawthorn 10 12 72 Junction Oval 7 000 5 June 1948 North Melbourne 11 6 72 Footscray 8 9 57 Arden Street Oval 12 000 5 June 1948 Fitzroy 12 8 80 Essendon 9 10 64 Brunswick Street Oval 25 000 5 June 1948 Richmond 13 10 88 Carlton 9 21 75 Punt Road Oval 33 000 5 June 1948 Round 9 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Essendon 12 14 86 North Melbourne 4 8 32 Windy Hill 17 000 12 June 1948 South Melbourne 9 12 66 Fitzroy 15 11 101 Lake Oval 33 000 12 June 1948 Hawthorn 8 8 56 Collingwood 12 27 99 Glenferrie Oval 18 000 12 June 1948 Footscray 11 9 75 Melbourne 9 14 68 Western Oval 20 000 14 June 1948 Carlton 12 11 83 St Kilda 7 18 60 Princes Park 11 000 14 June 1948 Richmond 15 14 104 Geelong 14 19 103 Punt Road Oval 28 000 14 June 1948 Round 10 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 14 6 90 Richmond 9 16 70 Arden Street Oval 12 000 19 June 1948 Geelong 21 13 139 St Kilda 9 9 63 Kardinia Park 12 300 19 June 1948 Essendon 18 12 120 Footscray 4 14 38 Windy Hill 22 000 19 June 1948 Collingwood 15 12 102 Fitzroy 13 7 85 Victoria Park 38 000 19 June 1948 Melbourne 18 12 120 Hawthorn 11 13 79 MCG 12 200 19 June 1948 South Melbourne 13 9 87 Carlton 23 11 149 Lake Oval 24 000 19 June 1948 Round 11 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 9 7 61 South Melbourne 12 15 87 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 3 July 1948 Fitzroy 19 20 134 Richmond 14 11 95 Brunswick Street Oval 25 000 3 July 1948 Carlton 10 23 83 North Melbourne 14 10 94 Princes Park 13 500 3 July 1948 Melbourne 9 17 71 Geelong 8 9 57 MCG 16 000 3 July 1948 St Kilda 11 6 72 Essendon 17 22 124 Junction Oval 6 000 3 July 1948 Footscray 10 11 71 Collingwood 19 9 123 Western Oval 19 000 3 July 1948 Round 12 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 21 18 144 South Melbourne 9 13 67 Punt Road Oval 21 000 10 July 1948 Essendon 13 13 91 Melbourne 9 11 65 Windy Hill 17 000 10 July 1948 Collingwood 19 13 127 North Melbourne 10 11 71 Victoria Park 19 500 10 July 1948 Carlton 17 10 112 Hawthorn 10 9 69 Princes Park 9 000 10 July 1948 St Kilda 7 11 53 Footscray 13 13 91 Junction Oval 7 000 10 July 1948 Geelong 13 9 87 Fitzroy 9 17 71 Kardinia Park 18 500 10 July 1948 Round 13 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 24 19 163 St Kilda 8 10 58 MCG 10 000 17 July 1948 Footscray 10 14 74 Richmond 12 9 81 Western Oval 20 000 17 July 1948 North Melbourne 10 8 68 Geelong 10 15 75 Arden Street Oval 12 000 17 July 1948 Hawthorn 9 12 66 Essendon 18 14 122 Glenferrie Oval 12 000 17 July 1948 South Melbourne 10 12 72 Collingwood 13 16 94 Lake Oval 22 000 17 July 1948 Fitzroy 12 12 84 Carlton 16 17 113 Brunswick Street Oval 27 000 17 July 1948 Round 14 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 21 20 146 St Kilda 5 9 39 Punt Road Oval 11 000 24 July 1948 Fitzroy 11 11 77 Melbourne 17 11 113 Brunswick Street Oval 17 500 24 July 1948 Collingwood 12 13 85 Essendon 16 11 107 Victoria Park 35 000 24 July 1948 Carlton 24 9 153 Geelong 9 8 62 Princes Park 17 500 24 July 1948 South Melbourne 14 18 102 North Melbourne 15 14 104 Lake Oval 12 000 24 July 1948 Hawthorn 11 7 73 Footscray 11 12 78 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 24 July 1948 Round 15 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 11 18 84 Hawthorn 8 9 57 Arden Street Oval 9 000 31 July 1948 St Kilda 11 6 72 Fitzroy 9 10 64 Junction Oval 12 000 31 July 1948 Geelong 10 18 78 Collingwood 10 13 73 Kardinia Park 19 000 31 July 1948 Melbourne 6 8 44 Richmond 15 16 106 MCG 41 000 7 August 1948 Essendon 11 21 87 South Melbourne 8 11 59 Windy Hill 14 000 7 August 1948 Footscray 4 17 41 Carlton 15 19 109 Western Oval 17 500 7 August 1948 Round 16 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 11 25 91 Geelong 7 15 57 Western Oval 8 000 14 August 1948 Carlton 10 20 80 Collingwood 10 10 70 Princes Park 31 000 14 August 1948 South Melbourne 5 11 41 St Kilda 5 9 39 Lake Oval 5 500 14 August 1948 North Melbourne 5 12 42 Melbourne 10 14 74 Arden Street Oval 6 000 14 August 1948 Hawthorn 6 7 43 Fitzroy 4 16 40 Glenferrie Oval 8 500 14 August 1948 Richmond 8 7 55 Essendon 8 10 58 Punt Road Oval 29 000 14 August 1948 Round 17 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 15 13 103 South Melbourne 7 12 54 MCG 13 500 21 August 1948 Geelong 11 14 80 Hawthorn 11 15 81 Kardinia Park 10 000 21 August 1948 Fitzroy 9 9 63 Footscray 11 15 81 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 21 August 1948 Collingwood 15 18 108 Richmond 10 12 72 Victoria Park 28 000 21 August 1948 St Kilda 8 10 58 North Melbourne 7 19 61 Junction Oval 5 000 21 August 1948 Essendon 16 15 111 Carlton 11 11 77 Windy Hill 28 000 21 August 1948 Round 18 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Collingwood 15 19 109 St Kilda 11 4 70 Victoria Park 11 000 28 August 1948 Carlton 13 14 92 Melbourne 15 11 101 Princes Park 27 000 28 August 1948 Richmond 17 11 113 Hawthorn 9 6 60 Punt Road Oval 16 000 28 August 1948 South Melbourne 7 7 49 Footscray 14 16 100 Lake Oval 10 500 28 August 1948 North Melbourne 8 12 60 Fitzroy 6 10 46 Arden Street Oval 8 000 28 August 1948 Geelong 9 10 64 Essendon 10 12 72 Kardinia Park 18 500 28 August 1948 Round 19 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 7 12 54 St Kilda 9 13 67 Glenferrie Oval 5 000 4 September 1948 Footscray 18 21 129 North Melbourne 11 10 76 Western Oval 12 000 4 September 1948 Essendon 10 11 71 Fitzroy 7 11 53 Windy Hill 14 000 4 September 1948 Carlton 9 21 75 Richmond 9 16 70 Princes Park 24 000 4 September 1948 South Melbourne 21 15 141 Geelong 6 9 45 Lake Oval 8 000 4 September 1948 Melbourne 13 11 89 Collingwood 8 11 59 MCG 42 500 4 September 1948Ladder edit P Premiers Qualified for finals Team P W L D PF PA Pts 1 Essendon 19 16 2 1 1838 1340 137 2 66 2 Melbourne P 19 13 6 0 1682 1347 124 9 52 3 Collingwood 19 13 6 0 1775 1500 118 3 52 4 Footscray 19 12 7 0 1499 1453 103 2 48 5 Richmond 19 11 7 1 1895 1509 125 6 46 6 Carlton 19 10 9 0 1768 1564 113 0 40 7 Fitzroy 19 9 10 0 1529 1355 112 8 36 8 North Melbourne 19 8 11 0 1328 1589 83 6 32 9 Geelong 19 7 12 0 1558 1737 89 7 28 10 South Melbourne 19 7 12 0 1512 1826 82 8 28 11 Hawthorn 19 5 14 0 1280 1690 75 7 20 12 St Kilda 19 2 17 0 1124 1878 59 9 8 Rules for classification 1 premiership points 2 percentage 3 points forAverage score 82 4Source AFL TablesFinals series editSemi finals edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Collingwood 3 8 6 11 12 14 17 17 119 Footscray 4 3 8 9 9 9 12 12 84 Attendance 71 514 Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Essendon 3 2 8 9 12 12 13 16 94 Melbourne 3 2 4 3 8 8 8 10 58 Attendance 72 394 Preliminary final edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Melbourne 4 6 11 13 19 15 25 16 166 Collingwood 6 2 8 5 11 8 15 11 101 Attendance 63 500 Grand final edit Main article 1948 VFL Grand Final Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Essendon 0 6 2 15 6 21 7 27 69 Melbourne 3 0 4 5 6 8 10 9 69 Attendance 86 198 Grand final replay edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Essendon 0 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 50 Melbourne 6 2 9 3 11 6 13 11 89 Attendance 52 226Season notes editAll VFL matches were now scheduled to start at 2 15pm previously it had been 2 30pm In round 7 Melbourne champion Norm Smith played his two hundredth game He was reported for abusing the umpire despite his claim that he had only said don t be silly he was suspended for four weeks After Carlton s round 11 loss at home to North Melbourne police drew their batons to protect the umpires from Carlton fans In the round 16 match between Footscray and Geelong at the Western Oval the north wind was so fierce that when the Geelong full back Bruce Morrison kicked the ball off after Footscray had scored a behind the ball floated back over his head and went through the goal the Goal umpire signalled a forced behind Only 1 1 7 of the game s combined score of 18 40 148 was scored against the wind The 1948 Grand Final was the first drawn Grand Final in VFL history The second was the 1977 VFL Grand Final and the third was the 2010 AFL Grand Final Awards editThe 1948 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne The VFL s leading goalkicker was Lindsay White of Geelong 86 goals The winner of the 1948 Brownlow Medal was Bill Morris of Richmond with 24 votes St Kilda took the wooden spoon in 1948 The seconds premiership was won by Geelong Geelong 17 12 114 defeated Richmond 12 9 81 in the Grand Final played as a curtain raiser to the drawn senior Grand Final on Saturday 2 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 References edit Geelong wins VFL seconds title The Argus Melbourne 4 October 1948 p 15 Hogan P The Tigers of Old The Richmond Football Club Richmond 1996 ISBN 0 646 18748 1 Maplestone M Flying Higher History of the Essendon Football Club 1872 1996 Essendon Football Club Melbourne 1996 ISBN 0 9591740 2 8 Rogers S amp Brown A Every Game Ever Played VFL AFL Results 1897 1997 Sixth Edition Viking Books Ringwood 1998 ISBN 0 670 90809 6 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 0Sources edit1948 VFL 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