1947 VFL Grand Final
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Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
game contested between the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
and Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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on 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, staged to determine the premiers for the 1947 VFL season
1947 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1947.-Premiership season:In 1947, 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...
. The match, attended by 85,815 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
Ken Baxter
Ken "Fleetwood Smith" Baxter was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at *...
won the ball from a boundary throw in and gave the ball to Carlton half forward flanker Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .It is known that he kicked a winning goal in the dying seconds of the 1947 VFL Grand Final.-External links:* -References:* at...
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
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
defeated South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
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in the 1899 VFL Grand Final
1899 VFL Grand Final
The 1899 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the St Kilda Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 16 September 1899. It was the 2nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
.
Teams
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- Alfred Sawyer
Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897... |
4.0 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 13.8 (86) |
| Essendon Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
3.7 | 8.11 | 10.15 | 11.19 | 11.19 (85) |
Goal kickers
Carlton
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Essendon
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