Essendon vs South Melbourne 7-Aug-1948 Lineups

Saturday 7-Aug-1948

Final Round 15

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

87 11.21

59 8.11

South Melbourne Coach: Jack Hale

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

23 Bill Brittingham — 27 Bob Bradley — 26 Bob Syme — 21 Cec Ruddell — 14 Chris Lambert — 3 Dick Reynolds — 19 Doug Bigelow — 6 George Hassell — 16 Greg Tate — 17 Harold Lambert — 32 Harry Equid — 24 Jack Jones — 25 John Ward — 2 Keith Rawle — 18 Les Gardiner — 33 Noel Allanson — 4 Norm McDonald — 35 Percy Bushby — 9 Ted Leehane — 12 Wally May —

Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

36 Alf Callick — 8 Arthur Fox — 37 Bert Lucas — 12 Billy King — 26 Don Taylor — 17 Erwin Dornau — 20 Frank Stephens — 18 George Caris — 29 Jack Garrick — 30 Kevin Collins — 24 Larry Spokes — 21 Len Crane — 5 Len Holland — 6 Les Williams — 34 Pat Bourke — 14 Reg Harley — 35 Ron Barry — 32 Ron Bywater — 4 William Williams — 33 Wylie Chambers —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	4.5	2.3	2.9	3.4	87
SMO	1.2	4.2	0.1	3.6	59

Match Leaders

Goals

Bill BrittinghamESS

Behinds

Not available yet

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

11Goals8

0Behinds0

0Behinds Rushed0

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 28 points, 87–59.

Essendon took a 30-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 28 by the final siren, scoring 24 points to 22 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage