| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday May 8, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 2 points | Umpire: Sawyer | Crowd: 19,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: R.Garby 4, F.Stafford 2, J.Conley 2, H.Turner 1, J.Howell 1, K.Baxter 1, A.Hodgson 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: J.Howell, A.Streeter, O.Grieve, F.Cahill, D.Williams. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: F.Cahill (injured leg) replaced by B.Redmond in last quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Here's a challenge.Find a team who has had 18 scoring shots (or more) in the first quarter. And they lose!!!
Must have been a gale (towards Lygon Street?).
In fact Monday's Argus said the Blues had 26 kicks in the first quarter, "which might have yielded goals."
Trove; Age May 10
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 21 Ken Baxter |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 24 Arthur Hodgson | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 10 Fred Stafford | 8 Frank Cahill | 22 Allan Streeter |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 20 Ray Garby | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 25 Jim Baird | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 2 Bill Redmond | 11 Ron Hines | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Frank CahillRound 3 | Round 5