Round 1, 1947 · Windy Hill · Saturday 19 April 1947, 2:45pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 25 | 40 | 77 | 119 |
| South Melbourne | 19 | 40 | 52 | 68 |
Crowd 19,000. Coaches: Dick Reynolds and Bill Adams. Umpires: Alfred Sawyer.
| Wally Buttsworth | 15 | 0 |
| Cec Ruddell | 21 | 0 |
| Bob McClure | 31 | 0 |
| Wally May (debut) | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Powell | 17 | 0 |
| Russell Hill | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 0 |
| Chris Lambert | 14 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Bert Harper | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Brittingham | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Pearson | 20 | 1 |
| Harry Equid | 32 | 1 |
| Gordon Lane | 22 | 1 |
| Percy Bushby | 35 | 1 |
| Gordon Abbott | 25 | 1 |
| Dick Reynolds | 3 | 1 |
| Ted Leehane | 9 | 3 |
| Keith Rawle | 2 | 3 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 4 |
| Jack Dempsey | 30 | 0 |
| Don Grossman | 17 | 0 |
| Billy King | 12 | 0 |
| William Williams | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Schaefer (debut) | 22 | 0 |
| Rex Ritchie | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Cleary | 20 | 0 |
| Max Piggott | 16 | 0 |
| Peter Tippett | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Bywater | 32 | 0 |
| Jack Danckert | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Lucas | 37 | 0 |
| Tom Roulent | 29 | 1 |
| Vic Castles | 8 | 1 |
| Wylie Chambers | 33 | 1 |
| George Allen | 7 | 1 |
| Allan Strang (debut) | 28 | 1 |
| Harry Mears | 19 | 1 |
| Reg Richards | 14 | 2 |
| Jack Graham | 27 | 2 |
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233 meetings: Essendon 135, South Melbourne 97, 1 drawn.
Sydney by 36 · crowd 24,767
Sydney by 14 · crowd 20,805
Essendon by 8 · crowd 43,799
Sydney by 39 · crowd 33,830
Sydney by 30 · crowd 34,954
Sydney by 2 · crowd 38,329