1941 VFL Grand Final

1941 VFL Grand Final

The 1941 VFL Grand Final took place on September 27, 1941 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Melbourne and Essendon.

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 would all lose their lives.

There were sets of brothers on each team, with the Cordner brothers of Melbourne taking on the Reynolds brothers of Essendon.

Teams

Aussie rules team old| title = Melbourne
backpocket1 = Richie Emselle
fullback = Shane McGrath
backpocket2 = Don Cordner
halfbackflank1 = Col McLean
centrehalfback = Ted Cordner
halfbackflank2 = Wally Lock
wing1 = Syd Anderson
centre = Allan La Fontaine (c)
wing2 = Stan Heal
halfforwardflank1 = Maurie Gibb
centrehalfforward = Ron Baggott
halfforwardflank2 = Ray Wartman
forwardpocket1 = Jack O'Keefe
fullforward = Norm Smith
forwardpocket2 = Gerry Daly
ruck = Jack Mueller
ruckrover = Adrian Dullard
rover = Percy Beames
reserve1 = Warren Lewis
reserve2 =
coach = Frank 'Checker' Hughes

Aussie rules team old| title = Essendon
backpocket1 = Elton Plummer
fullback = Cec Ruddell
backpocket2 = Fred Green
halfbackflank1 = Bob Flanigan
centrehalfback = Wally Buttsworth
halfbackflank2 = Allan Hird
wing1 = Ernie Coward
centre = Harold Lambert
wing2 = Jack Caesar
halfforwardflank1 = Gordon Lane
centrehalfforward = Les Griggs
halfforwardflank2 = Murray Exelby
forwardpocket1 = Jack Cassin
fullforward = Tom Reynolds
forwardpocket2 = Ted Bryce
ruck = Hugh Torney
ruckrover = Gordon Abbott
rover = Dick Reynolds (c)
reserve1 = Ted Regan
reserve2 =
coach = Dick Reynolds

tatistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

* MCG crowd - 79,687

References

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/games/1941/051119410927.html 1941 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 0-670-86814-0

ee also

* 1941 VFL season


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