| Venue: Victoria Park | Date: Saturday May 15, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 2 points | Umpire: Jones | Crowd: 31,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Howell 4, F.Davies 2, J.Baird 2, R.Garby 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: O.Grieve, F.Davies, V.Brown, J.Howell, B.Kelsey, J.Baird, F.Stafford. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Little seperated the teams through a first half which provided a large advantage when kicking towards the Dight's Falls end.The Blues appeared to have secured victory when they outscored the Pies into the breeze in the third term but were thwarted late by a goal from the Pies Guy Moore.
Remarkably, this was the third successive week where the Blues had contested matches in which the final margin was 2 points, having edged the Cats in Round 3 and succumbed to the Bulldogs in Round 4.
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 9 Bob Kelsey |
| 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 | 25 Jim Baird | 2 Bill Redmond |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 20 Ray Garby | 22 Allan Streeter |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 8 Frank Cahill | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 14 Alan Sorrell | 7 Herb Turner | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
50 Games: Jack ConleyLast game: Bill Redmond
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