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{{Infobox Australian rules football grand final
| year = 1947
| competition = VFL
| image =
| home = [[File:
| home_score = 11.19 (85)
| away = [[File:Carlton 2018 AFL.png|50px]]<br/>{{AFL Car}}
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The '''1947 VFL
The winning goal was kicked by Fred Stafford in the dying seconds of the match to give Carlton the win.
==Grand final==
===Lead-up===
Carlton, who were winners of the [[1945 VFL Grand Final|1945]] premiership but finished sixth in 1946, had been the best performing club in 1947; the club finished as minor premiers with a record of 15–4, and had led the ladder continuously since Round 5. Essendon, who had won the 1946 premiership, had begun the season with a middling 4–4 record to sit sixth after eight rounds, before winning ten of its last eleven games, including a nine-game run, to finish second with a record of 14–5. The two clubs faced each other twice during the home-and-away season, each winning once: Carlton 14.7 (91) d. Essendon 8.16 (64) in
The teams met in the second semi-final, and after Essendon took a 25-point quarter time lead, Carlton fought back and ultimately won the game 14.15 (99) d. 11.17 (83) to qualify for the grand final. Essendon then faced {{AFL Fit}} in the preliminary final, and won 16.13 (109) d. 14.12 (96) to qualify.
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Carlton made one change to its second semi-final team: [[Jim Mooring]] was out with a broken finger, [[Ken Hands]] was elevated from reserve to the starting eighteen, and [[Ken Baxter (footballer)|Ken Baxter]] – the club's leading goalkicker for the season – returned as reserve for his first game since injury in Round 14; defenders [[Bert Deacon]] – winner of the [[1947 Brownlow Medal]] – and [[Ollie Grieve]] were both under injury clouds and did not train,<ref name="bentley" /> having suffered leg injuries in the second semi-final, but both were ultimately cleared to play. Essendon made one change to its run-on team from the preliminary final: [[Gordon Lane]] was out with broken ribs, and was replaced by veteran [[Jack Cassin]]; Cassin had been serving as captain-coach of the seconds during the year and had not played a senior game since 1946, and the 1947 grand final was ultimately the last VFL game of his career. Essendon also made one change to its reserves: [[Wally May]] was omitted and replaced with [[Ken Newton]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Herald|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Carlton team not yet certain|author=Alf Brown|date=23 September 1947|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Dons choose Cassin|date=26 September 1947|page=8}}</ref>
The match was played in hot but breezy conditions, with a cross-wind slightly favouring the Punt Road end of the ground.<ref name="tsg">{{cite news|newspaper=The Sporting Globe|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Carlton take 1947 VFL title|page=1|author=H. A. deLacy|date=27 September 1947}}</ref> The seconds grand final was played as a curtain raiser, in which {{AFL
===First quarter===
Essendon won the toss and kicked with the breeze in the first quarter. Essendon attacked first,<ref name="herald"
Although Essendon had scored ten times to Carlton's four with the aid of the breeze, they had been wasteful in front of goal – especially Brittingham, who had scored 0.4. Neither side had marked the ball cleanly.<ref name="tsg" /> Carlton had the better of the ruck contests early in the quarter, Howell and [[Jack Bennett (footballer, born 1920)|Jack Bennett]] getting the better of [[Perc Bushby]] and Cassin, and Essendon moved [[Jack Jones (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Jones]] into the ruck midway through the quarter to seek an advantage.<ref name="tsg" /> Essendon captain-coach Reynolds later lamented his side's overuse of short passing in the forward line during the quarter while it held the advantage.<ref name="reynolds">{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Carlton win premiership in last few seconds|page=18|author=Dick Reynolds}}</ref>
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===Scorecard===
<section begin=scoreboard/>
{{AFLGameDetailed
|title = Grand Final
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|home Q3= 10.4 (64)
|home final= 13.8 (86)
|home goals= [[Fred Davies (footballer born 1921)|Davies]] 4, [[Jim Baird (Australian footballer)|Baird]] 3, [[Herb Turner (Australian footballer)|Turner]] 2, [[Ray Garby|Garby]], [[Ern Henfry|Henfry]], [[Jack Howell (footballer)|Howell]], [[Fred Stafford|Stafford]]
|home best= [[Jim Clark (Australian footballer)|Clark]], [[Ritchie Green|Green]], [[Herb Turner (Australian footballer)|Turner]], [[Ern Henfry|Henfry]], [[Fred Davies (footballer born 1921)|Davies]], [[Ollie Grieve|Grieve]], [[Jack Bennett (footballer, born 1920)|Jack Bennett]], [[Jack Conley (Australian rules footballer)|Conley]]
|home injuries = [[Bert Deacon|Deacon]] (cramp), [[George Bailey (footballer)|Bailey]] (knee)
|home reports =
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|venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
|crowd = 85,793
|report = <ref name="herald">{{cite news|newspaper=The Herald|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|author=Alf Brown|date=27 September 1947|page=26|title=Carlton snatch win in hectic finish}}</ref>
|umpires = Alfred Sawyer
|BOG award =
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|notes=
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<section end=scoreboard/>
==Teams==
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{|
|valign="top"|
{{Aussie rules team
| backpocket1 = [[Ritchie Green]]
| fullback = [[Ollie Grieve]]
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| forwardpocket1 = [[Fred Davies (footballer born 1921)|Fred Davies]]
| fullforward = [[Jim Baird (Australian footballer)|Jim Baird]]
| forwardpocket2 = [[Herb Turner (Australian footballer)|Herb Turner]]
| ruck = [[Jack Howell (footballer)|Jack Howell]]
| ruckrover = [[Jack Bennett (footballer, born 1920)|Jack Bennett]]
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| coach = [[Percy Bentley]]}}
|valign="top"|
{{Aussie rules team
| backpocket1 = [[Les Gardiner (Australian footballer)|Les Gardiner]]
| fullback = [[Cec Ruddell]]
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* [http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1948.html#fin AFL Tables: 1948 Season]
* ''The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004''
* Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football
{{1947 Carlton premiership players}}
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