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1950 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1950 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1950
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	13.14 (92)
away	[[File:North Melbourne Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

away_score	7.12 (54)
home_abbr	ESS
away_abbr	NM
home_qtr1	7.3 (45)
home_qtr2	7.6 (48)
home_qtr3	10.11 (71)
home_qtr4	13.14 (92)
away_qtr1	4.0 (24)
away_qtr2	5.5 (35)
away_qtr3	7.9 (51)
away_qtr4	7.12 (54)
date	23 September 1950
attendance	85,869
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1949
next	1951

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 , was won by Essendon by 38 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory.

Background

Main article: 1950 VFL season

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

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	Les Gardiner]]	fullback = Bill Brittingham	backpocket2 = Wally May	Harold Lambert]]	Roy McConnell]]	Norm McDonald]]	Chris Lambert]]	Alan Dale]]	Jack Collins]]	Jack Jones]]	centrehalfforward = Bill Snell	halfforwardflank2 = Albert Harper	forwardpocket1 = Dick Reynolds (c)	John Coleman]]	forwardpocket2 = Ron McEwin	Bob McClure]]	ruckrover = Bob Syme	Bill Hutchison]]	reserve1 = Ted Leehane	reserve2 = Noel Allanson	coach = Dick Reynolds}}		Pat Kelly]]	fullback = Jock McCorkell	John Reeves]]	halfbackflank1 = Ted Jarrard	Reg Ryan]]	halfbackflank2 = Les Reeves	Keith McKenzie]]	centre = Kevin Dynon	wing2 = Les Mogg	halfforwardflank1 = Gerald Marchesi	centrehalfforward = Frank Jeeves	halfforwardflank2 = Don Condon	forwardpocket1 = Bob Brooker	fullforward = Jock Spencer	forwardpocket2 = Tim Robb	ruck = Col Thornton	ruckrover = Les Foote (c)	Jim Malone]]	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.

Notes

References

Bibliography

References

Atkinson & Atkinson (2009), p. 204

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