1947 VFL Grand Final

Carlton	Essendon
13.8 (86)	11.19 (85)

Date

27 September 1947

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

← 1946

VFL Grand Final

1948 →

Fred Stafford kicking the winning goal

The 1947 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1947 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,793 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 1 point, marking that club's eighth premiership victory.

Essendon were attempting to become back-to-back premiers and had the lead in the final minute before Ken Baxter won the ball from a boundary throw in and gave the ball to Carlton half forward flanker Fred Stafford who snapped the winning goal off his left boot with just 40 seconds remaining.

It was the first grand final to be decided by a single point since Fitzroy defeated South Melbourne in the 1899 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Carlton
B:	Ritchie Green	Ollie Grieve	George Bailey
HB:	Vin Brown	Bert Deacon	Jim Clark
C:	Fred Fitzgibbon	Ern Henfry (c)	Doug Williams
HF:	Fred Stafford	Ken Hands	Ray Garby
F:	Fred Davies	Jim Baird	Herb Turner
Foll:	Jack Howell	Jack Bennett	Jack Conley
Reserve(s):	Ken Baxter	Allan Greenshields
Coach:	Percy Bentley

Essendon
B:	Les Gardiner	Cec Ruddell	Bob McClure
HB:	Noel Allanson	Wally Buttsworth	Norm McDonald
C:	Bob Bradley	Harold Lambert	George Hassell
HF:	Dick Reynolds (c)	Jack Jones	Albert Harper
F:	Ivan Goodingham	Bill Brittingham	Keith Rawle
Foll:	Perc Bushby	Jack Cassin	Bill Hutchison
Reserve(s):	Ken Newton	Greg Tate
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Umpire - Alfred Sawyer

Statistics

Score

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Carlton	4.0	8.0	10.4	13.8	13.8 (86)
Essendon	3.7	8.11	10.15	11.19	11.19 (85)

Goal kickers

Carlton

Davies 4
Baird 3
Turner 2
Garby 1
Henfry 1
Howell 1
Stafford 1

Essendon

Hutchison 4
Brittingham 2
Reynolds 2
Cassin 1
Goodingham 1
Rawle 1

External links

Blueseum article on the grand final

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Carlton Football Club 1947 VFL premiers

Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Hands 3. Bennett 5. Bailey 6. Henfry (c) 7. Turner 8. Fitzgibbon 10. Stafford 12. Williams 13. Howell 15. Brown 20. Garby 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 25. Baird 26. Clark 27. Grieve 28. Davies 29. Greenshields 33. Green 35. Conley

Coach: Bentley

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