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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}{{Infobox Australian rules football match
| year = 1946
| competition = VFL
| match_type = Grand Final
| image =
| ground_image = VFL Grand Final in 1945 at the MCG.jpg
| caption = The 1946 VFL Grand Final in progress.
| home =
{{AFL Ess}}
| home_abbr = ESS
| home_image =
| away =
{{AFL Mel}}
| away_abbr = MEL
| away_image =
| home_qtr1 = 7.2 (44)
| home_qtr2 = 9.7 (61)
| home_qtr3 = 20.15 (135)
| home_qtr4 = 22.18 (150)
| away_qtr1 = 8.3 (51)
| away_qtr2 = 10.4 (64)
| away_qtr3 = 11.5 (71)
| away_qtr4 = 13.9 (87)
| home_score = 22.18 (150)
| away_score = 13.9 (87)
| date = 5 October 1946
| stadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
| attendance = 73,743
| umpire = Thomas Bride
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| last = 1945
| next = 1947
}}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, attended by 73,743 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 63 points, marking that club's 8th premiership flag and 6th involving a grand final. Essendon won comfortably despite trailing at half time. A tally of 11 goals and 8 behinds in the third quarter by Essendon took the game away from Melbourne. This remains the best third quarter score by any team in a VFL/AFL Grand Final. Wally Lock, Melbourne's half back, was playing his 100th VFL game. This was the first of six successive Grand Final appearances by Essendon. Teams| {{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _redrightsash | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _hoops_black | body = 000000 | shorts = | socks =FB0000 | title =Essendon
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}} |
| {{Aussie rules team old| title = Essendon | backpocket1 = Les Gardiner | fullback = Cec Ruddell | backpocket2 = Perc Bushby | halfbackflank1 = Herbie Tonkes | centrehalfback = Wally Buttsworth | halfbackflank2 = Harold Lambert | wing1 = George Hassell | centre = Bill Pearson | wing2 = Albert Harper | halfforwardflank1 = Harry Equid | centrehalfforward = Gordon Lane | halfforwardflank2 = Dick Reynolds (c) | forwardpocket1 = Bob McClure | fullforward = Bill Brittingham | forwardpocket2 = Keith Rawle | ruck = Gordon Abbott | ruckrover = Jack Cassin | rover = Bill Hutchison | reserve1 = Jack Jones | reserve2 = Chris Lambert | coach = Dick Reynolds} | {{Aussie rules team old| title = Melbourne | backpocket1 = Billy Deans | fullback = Shane McGrath | backpocket2 = Don Cordner | halfbackflank1 = Col McLean | centrehalfback = Ted Cordner | halfbackflank2 = Wally Lock | wing1 = George Bickford | centre = Len Dockett | wing2 = Roy Stabb | halfforwardflank1 = Gordon Bowman | centrehalfforward = Fred Fanning | halfforwardflank2 = Jim Mitchell | forwardpocket1 = Adrian Dullard | fullforward = Norm Smith (c) | forwardpocket2 = Ernie O'Rourke | ruck = Jack Mueller | ruckrover = Stan Rule | rover = Alby Rodda | reserve1 = Frank Kennedy | reserve2 = Arnold Byfield | coach = 'Checker' Hughes
}} |
StatisticsGoalkickersEssendon- Lane 7
- Brittingham 4
- Hutchison 3
- Reynolds 3
- McClure 2
- Cassin 1
- Equid 1
- Rawle 1
| Melbourne- Mueller 6
- Dullard 3
- Bowman 1
- Fanning 1
- O'Rourke 1
- Rodda 1
|
AttendanceReferences- 1946 Grand Final stats page on AFL Table
- 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}}
See also{{AFL/VFL Grand Finals}}{{1946 Essendon premiership players}}{{Essendon Football Club}}{{Melbourne Football Club}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}{{AFL-competition-stub}} 4 : VFL/AFL Grand Finals|1946 in Australian rules football|Essendon Football Club|Melbourne Football Club |