1948 VFL grand final

1948 VFL Grand Final
Essendon Melbourne 7.27 (69) 10.9 (69)
1 2 3 4 Ess 0.6 2.15 6.21 7.27 Mel 3.0 4.5 6.8 10.9
Date	2 October 1948
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	86,198

1948 VFL Grand Final
Essendon Melbourne 7.8 (50) 13.11 (89)
1 2 3 4 Ess 0.3 5.5 6.6 7.8 Mel 6.2 9.3 11.6 13.11
Date	9 October 1948 (Replay)
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	52,226
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The 1948 VFL grand final and grand final replay were a pair of Australian rules football games contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October 1948. They were the 50th and 51st grand finals of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season.

The grand final match, attended by 86,198 spectators on 2 October 1948, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL grand final resulted in a draw. A replay was staged on 9 October 1948 The 1977 VFL Grand Final and 2010 AFL Grand Final's were drawn and decided in a replay, The 1948 VFL Grand Final Replay attended by 52,226 spectators, in which Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth VFL premiership.