1941 VFL Grand Final

1941 VFL Grand Final
19.13 (127)	13.20 (98)
Date	27 September 1941
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	77,746

The 1941 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1941. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1940 VFL season. The match, attended by 79,687 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 29 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

By claiming their third successive premiership, Melbourne joined Carlton and Collingwood as the only clubs to achieve the feat.

Melbourne's team was understrength as they had been depleted by the war. Syd Anderson, Harold Ball, Ron Barassi and Keith Truscott, who were members of the previous season's premiership, missed the Grand Final as they were serving their country and would all lose their lives.

There were sets of brothers on each team, with the Cordner brothers of Melbourne taking on the Reynolds brothers of Essendon.

Teams

Melbourne

Essendon

Melbourne
B:	Richie Emselle	Shane McGrath	Don Cordner
HB:	Col McLean	Ted Cordner	Wally Lock
C:	Syd Anderson	Allan La Fontaine (c)	Stan Heal
HF:	Maurie Gibb	Ron Baggott	Ray Wartman
F:	Jack O'Keefe	Norm Smith	Gerry Daly
Foll:	Jack Mueller	Adrian Dullard	Percy Beames
Res:	Warren Lewis
Coach:	Frank 'Checker' Hughes

Essendon
B:	Elton Plummer	Cec Ruddell	Fred Green
HB:	Bob Flanigan	Wally Buttsworth	Allan Hird
C:	Ernie Coward	Harold Lambert	Jack Caesar
HF:	Gordon Lane	Les Griggs	Murray Exelby
F:	Jack Cassin	Tom Reynolds	Ted Bryce
Foll:	Hugh Torney	Gordon Abbott	Dick Reynolds (c)
Res:	Ted Regan
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Statistics

Goalkickers

Don Cordner

Melbourne

Beames 6
Mueller 3
Smith 3
Wartman 2
Anderson 1
Daly 1
Dullard 1
Gibb 1
O'Keefe 1

Essendon

T.Reynolds 3
Bryce 2
D.Reynolds 2
Abbott 1
Cassin 1
Exelby 1
Lane 1
Regan 1
Torney 1

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References

1941 Grand Final stats page on AFL Tables
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

Melbourne Football Club 1941 VFL premiers
Melbourne 19.13 (127) defeated Essendon 13.20 (98), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Heal 4. Smith 9. Emselle 10. Gibb 11. Lewis 12. Mueller 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 18. Lock 21. D. Cordner 22. McGrath 23. Wartman 24. Beames 25. McLean 27. Daly 28. T. Cordner 29. O'Keefe 34. Dullard 36. Anderson
Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club
Nickname: Demons History Club honours Current squad Players Coaches Captains Honour board Awards Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Simon Goodwin AFL co-captains: Nathan Jones & Jack Viney AFLW coach: Mick Stinear AFLW co-captains: Elise O'Dea & Shelley Scott
VFL/AFL home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1941; 1946–) Punt Road Oval (1942–45)
AFLW home grounds	Casey Fields (2017–)
VFL/AFL premierships (12)	1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964
Seasons (147)	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–18 due to the First World War

Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours W. S. Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: John Worsfold AFL captain: Dyson Heppell
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Seasons (140)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to the First World War (indicated in grey)

Australian Football League
Clubs	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
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Grand finals	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Venues	Adelaide Oval Bellerive Oval Carrara Stadium Docklands Stadium Eureka Stadium The Gabba Jiangwan Stadium Kardinia Park Manuka Oval Marrara Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Perth Stadium Riverway Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Showground Stadium Traeger Park York Park
Awards	AFL Coaches Association awards AFL Players Association awards AFL Rising Star All-Australian team Brownlow Medal (winners) Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal
Major recurring events	AFL finals series AFL Grand Final Anzac Day Eve match Anzac Day match Dreamtime at the 'G Easter Monday clash E. J. Whitten Legends Game Len Hall Tribute game Opening game QClash Queen's Birthday match Showdown Sydney Derby Western Derby
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Former clubs	Brisbane Bears Fitzroy University
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Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924

1941 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also