Round 1, 1946 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 20 April 1946, 2:45pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 12 | 49 | 56 | 100 |
| Essendon | 27 | 42 | 78 | 98 |
Crowd 26,000. Coaches: Arthur Olliver and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Alfred Sawyer.
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Evan Rees (debut) | 11 | 0 |
| Pat Cahill | 8 | 0 |
| Reg Evenden | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Tribe | 25 | 0 |
| Pat Hand | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Weldon | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Grove | 5 | 0 |
| Alby Morrison | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 14 | 0 |
| George McLaren | 21 | 0 |
| Len McCankie | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Ryan | 10 | 1 |
| Harry Hickey | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Thoms | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Moncrieff | 29 | 1 |
| Alan Collins | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Wood | 28 | 3 |
| Arthur Olliver | 3 | 3 |
| Norm Ware | 4 | 3 |
| Chris Lambert | 14 | 0 |
| Herbie Tonkes | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon Lane | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Lyons | 26 | 0 |
| Gordon Abbott | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Jones (debut) | 24 | 0 |
| Wally Buttsworth | 15 | 0 |
| Cec Ruddell | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Pearson | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| George Hassell (debut) | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Jory | 27 | 1 |
| Percy Bushby | 35 | 1 |
| Ivor McIvor | 31 | 1 |
| Jack Cassin | 19 | 1 |
| Keith Rawle | 2 | 1 |
| Dick Reynolds | 3 | 2 |
| Allan Matheson (debut) | 4 | 2 |
| Bill Brittingham | 23 | 5 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677