Round 8, 1949 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 4 June 1949, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 21 | 23 | 51 | 59 |
| Essendon | 15 | 41 | 41 | 72 |
Crowd 12,500. Coaches: Arthur Olliver and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Jack McMurray.
| Dick Wearmouth | 33 | 0 |
| George McLaren | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Scanlan | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Angus Abbey (debut) | 29 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Bryden | 18 | 0 |
| Evan Rees | 31 | 0 |
| Marty McDonnell | 32 | 0 |
| Len McCankie | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Wood | 28 | 0 |
| Alan Martin | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Scanlan | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Miller | 24 | 0 |
| Eric Cumming | 5 | 0 |
| Jack King | 31 | 0 |
| Norm Webb | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Wallis | 34 | 1 |
| Max Isaac | 11 | 2 |
| Arthur Olliver | 3 | 3 |
| Dick Reynolds | 3 | 0 |
| John McLeish | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Bradley | 27 | 0 |
| Noel Allanson | 33 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| George Hassell | 6 | 0 |
| Harold Lambert | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Newton | 29 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell (debut) | 25 | 0 |
| Ted Leehane | 9 | 0 |
| Wally May | 12 | 0 |
| Norm McDonald | 4 | 0 |
| Ron McEwin | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Tate | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Syme | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 1 |
| Keith Rawle | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 2 |
| John Coleman | 10 | 6 |
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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