| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday July 10, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 43 points | Umpire: Ireland | Crowd: 9,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: F.Davies 3, H.Turner 3, J.Conley 2, A.Streeter 2, J.Baird 2, J.Mooring 2, J.Howell 2, R.Garby 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Deacon, O.Grieve, A.Streeter, F.Fitzgibbon, R.Garby, H.Turner, A.Sorrell. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Blues entered the 2nd half of the season with a 4-7 win-loss record and little chance of finals football.The season had opened with a 41 point victory at Glenferrie and the return meeting produced a similar result.
There was precious little to enthuse about however as the Sporting Globe report described the match as "marred by mistakes,wretched kicking and fumbling".
Grieve and Deacon were best yet again and after Bert's 1947 Brownlow win, both seemed sure to figure in 1948 reckoning.
Team
| B: | 30 Max Howell | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 8 Fred Fitzgibbon | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 22 Allan Streeter | 20 Ray Garby | 35 Jack Conley |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 25 Jim Baird | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 14 Alan Sorrell | 16 Jim Mooring |
| Res: | 9 Bob Kelsey | 24 Arthur Hodgson | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
100 Games: Jim ClarkRound 11 | Round 13