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I’ll go for another one. Round 19, 1949. The last H&A round of the season.
In their first 24 seasons and 18 rounds, North had spent a total of one week at the top of the ladder. After round 4 of 1927, thanks to a pair of close upset wins over Fitzroy and Essendon, and a 2-point loss to Geelong, they had the good fortune to be fixtured to play a hapless Hawthorn. A 77-point win saw them ahead of Collingwood, Melbourne and Geelong on percentage. They would not win another game that season, finishing 11th, 3-15 with a percentage of 73.5.
In 1949 it was all coming together. Heading into round 19 they were 3rd on percentage: level on 13 wins with Carlton and Collingwood, a game ahead of Essendon and two games clear of Melbourne in 5th. Finals guaranteed, for just the second time in the VFL.
They were to face Carlton. Double chance guaranteed for the winner, an elimination final against a strong Essendon for the loser. The 35,116 that turned out to Arden Street remains the ground's record crowd.
After a hard fought first half in which it looked like inaccuracy might hurt the shinboners, they went into the sheds with a 9 point lead, 5.12 to 5.3. But after the break they broke it open with an 8.2 to 0.3 quarter, Spencer kicking 4 of his 8 in a 5 minute burst in the 3rd term.
By 3/4 time word got to the ground that St Kilda was likely to upset Collingwood, and despite North still taking out the last quarter with 4.4 to Carlton's 2.4, it was those 2 late ones for Carlton that nudged their percentage ahead of Collingwood's. So with North's time-honoured tradition of conceding red-time and Junk-time goals, they found themselves backing up against a fired-up Carlton instead of an injury-hit Collingwood in the 1st semi.
But let’s imagine we don’t know what the finals series has in store (just like 2015 - losing the prelim to a team that would get massacred in the GF by an all time great team, against whom we surely would have put up a better show) and bask in the historic achievement.
Sporting Globe
The Age
In their first 24 seasons and 18 rounds, North had spent a total of one week at the top of the ladder. After round 4 of 1927, thanks to a pair of close upset wins over Fitzroy and Essendon, and a 2-point loss to Geelong, they had the good fortune to be fixtured to play a hapless Hawthorn. A 77-point win saw them ahead of Collingwood, Melbourne and Geelong on percentage. They would not win another game that season, finishing 11th, 3-15 with a percentage of 73.5.
In 1949 it was all coming together. Heading into round 19 they were 3rd on percentage: level on 13 wins with Carlton and Collingwood, a game ahead of Essendon and two games clear of Melbourne in 5th. Finals guaranteed, for just the second time in the VFL.
They were to face Carlton. Double chance guaranteed for the winner, an elimination final against a strong Essendon for the loser. The 35,116 that turned out to Arden Street remains the ground's record crowd.
After a hard fought first half in which it looked like inaccuracy might hurt the shinboners, they went into the sheds with a 9 point lead, 5.12 to 5.3. But after the break they broke it open with an 8.2 to 0.3 quarter, Spencer kicking 4 of his 8 in a 5 minute burst in the 3rd term.
By 3/4 time word got to the ground that St Kilda was likely to upset Collingwood, and despite North still taking out the last quarter with 4.4 to Carlton's 2.4, it was those 2 late ones for Carlton that nudged their percentage ahead of Collingwood's. So with North's time-honoured tradition of conceding red-time and Junk-time goals, they found themselves backing up against a fired-up Carlton instead of an injury-hit Collingwood in the 1st semi.
But let’s imagine we don’t know what the finals series has in store (just like 2015 - losing the prelim to a team that would get massacred in the GF by an all time great team, against whom we surely would have put up a better show) and bask in the historic achievement.
Sporting Globe
NORTH SWAMP THE BLUES: BIG GAME - MAGPIES FALL TO 3RD PLACE - Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) - 27 Aug 1949
North Melbourne (56 points) finished on top [?]f the League Premiership Ladder, a clear game in [?]ont of Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon, in that [?]der, on percentages. ...
trove.nla.gov.au
CARLTON ROUTED IN GREAT BURST[?] BY NORTH - Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) - 27 Aug 1949
With a magnificent burst in the third quarter, North Melbourne routed the Blues in most determined fashion, before 30,000 at North Melbourne. Splendid balance and co-operation made the Blues ...
trove.nla.gov.au
The Age
Late Rally by Blues Saved Double Chance - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 29 Aug 1949
A last-minute revival at North Melbourne saved Carlton a double chance for the finals. The Blues realised Collingwood would go down to St. Kilda, and needed a boost to their percentage figures. ...
trove.nla.gov.au