b'994891938 Grand Final Football Record, complete. Rarely seen.Carlton won its 6th Premiership when it defeated Collingwood by 15 points at the MCG. This Grand Final was attended by 96,486 spectators, setting a new record as the largest crowd to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history, and breaking the previous years record by eight thousand. The ground was not large enough to accommodate the crowd comfortablythe Health Department had previously advised 84,000 as a maximum capacityand the fence in front of the scoreboard collapsed under the strain before the game, resulting in some spectators watching the game from between the fence and the boundary line. The only other example of this Grand Final Football Record we have offered brought $2,270 (incl. BP), but was in better condition than the present example. .$400600Ex 489A 490489A1948 - 1955 Football Records, comprising of 1948 1st Semi-Final (Collingwood v Footscray); 1951 1st Semi-Final (Essendon v Footscray); 1953 1st Semi-Final (Footscray v Essendon); 1953 Preliminary Final (Geelong v Footscray); the 1954 Grand Final (Footscray defeats Melbourne by 51 points); and two home-and-away Records from the same period. (Total: 7 items). .$300500490The Football Record: 1949 2nd Semi-Final, North Melbourne v Carlton; Final, North Melbourne v Essendon; Grand Final, Carlton v Essendon; together with the scarce June 25 Interstate Football Record (Victoria v W.A.) (Total: 4). Essendon defeated Carlton 18.17 (125) to 6.16 (52), in the Grand Final front of a crowd of 88,712. .$200300491GEELONG IN THE FINALS: 1950 - 1956:A collection of Football Records comprising of 1950 1st Semi-Final (Geelong defeats Melbourne); 1953 Preliminary Final (Geelong defeats Footscray); 1954 1st Semi-Final (Melbourne defeats North Melb.); 2nd Semi-Final (Footscray defeats Geelong); 1955 1st Semi-Final (Geelong defeats Essendon); Preliminary Final (Collingwood defeats Geelong); and 1956 1st Semi-Final (Footscray defeats Geelong). Total: 7; mixed condition. $200250492THE 1951 FINALS SERIES FOOTBALL RECORDS - GEELONGS 4th PREMIERSHIP:1st Semi-Final, 8th September: Essendon defeats Footscray,2nd Semi-Final, 15th September: Geelong defeats Collingwood,Preliminary Final, 22nd September: Essendon defeats Collingwood,Grand Final, 29th September, Geelong defeats Essendon. (4 items).Besides winning the Premiership in 1951, Bernie Smith of Geelong also won the Brownlow Medal. .$1502504931951 Grand Final Football Record; Geelong defeats Essendon by 11 points, having also finished on top of the ladder at the conclusion of the home-and-away rounds. $100150 494THE 1952 VFL FINALS: GEELONGS 5th PREMIERSHIP:A complete set of the Finals Series Football Records comprising of:6th September, 1st Semi-Final: Fitzroy defeats Carlton by 1 point,13th September, 2nd Semi-Final: Geelong defeats Collingwood by 54 points,20th September, Preliminary Final: Collingwood defeats Fitzroy by 19 points.27th September, Grand Final: Geelong defeats Collingwood by 46 points. (4 items) .$150250'