| 1946 VFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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 The 1946 VFL Grand Final in progress. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 October 1946 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 73,743 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Thomas Bride | |||||||||||||||
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The 1946 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 October 1946. It was the 48th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1946 VFL season. The match was attended by 73,743 spectators.
The game was won by Essendon by a margin of 63 points, marking that club's 8th VFL premiership. The match was marked by Essendon's dominant third quarter, in which it scored a grand final record of 11.8 (74) to turn a close half-time deficit into a match-winning lead.