1947 VFL grand final: Difference between revisions

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 Roundround 5 at Essendon, and Essendon 13.16 (94) d. Carlton 7.12 (54) in Roundround 16 at Carlton.