| Venue: Glenferrie Oval | Date: Saturday April 17, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 41 points | Umpire: Cole* | Crowd: 16,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Howell 4, K.Hands 4, J.Conley 3, F.Davies 2, G.Bailey 1, E.Henfry 1, H.Turner 1, R.Garby 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: E.Henfry, J.Howell, J.Clark, J.Conley, B.Redmond (first half). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Ferguson (Haw) reported by Umpire Cole for allegedly striking J. Howell (Carl) in second quarter. | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
All VFL matches will now start at 2.15 pm.The Blues, defending champions, bolted to a commanding lead early but failed to crush the Hawks who had struggled into 11th position in season 1947.
An adequate but hardly convincing start to 1948.
.* Monday's Age had Umpire Coward as the central umpire.
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 2 Bill Redmond |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 11 Ron Hines | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 10 Fred Stafford | 4 Alec Way | 20 Ray Garby |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 1 Ken Hands | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 5 George Bailey | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 14 Alan Sorrell | 22 Alan Streeter | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Alan Streeter1948 | Round 2