1948 VFL premiership season | |
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![]() Melbourne Football Club team, premiers | |
Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Melbourne 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Essendon 9th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Bill Morris (Richmond) |
Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Lindsay White (Geelong) |
Matches played | 119 |
Highest | 86,198 |
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.
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.
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.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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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 for
Average score: 82.4
Source: AFL Tables
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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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 |
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Essendon | 3.2 | 8.9 | 12.12 | 13.16 (94) |
Melbourne | 3.2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 8.10 (58) |
Attendance: 72,394 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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:52,226 | ||||
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