| Year: | 1949 |
| Competition: | VFL |
| Home: | |
| Home Score: | 6.16 (52) |
| Away: | |
| Away Score: | 18.17 (125) |
| Home Abbr: | CAR |
| Away Abbr: | ESS |
| Home Qtr1: | 2.4 (16) |
| Home Qtr2: | 2.10 (22) |
| Home Qtr3: | 3.12 (30) |
| Home Qtr4: | 6.16 (52) |
| Away Qtr1: | 3.3 (21) |
| Away Qtr2: | 7.7 (49) |
| Away Qtr3: | 12.15 (87) |
| Away Qtr4: | 18.17 (125) |
| Date: | 24 September 1949 |
| Attendance: | 88,718 |
| Stadium: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Last: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1950 |
The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 1949. It was the 52nd annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1949 VFL season. The match, attended by 88,718 spectators, was won by Essendon by 73 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory, as well as Carlton's biggest Grand Final losing margin to date.
It was Essendon's fourth successive grand final appearance, having won the 1946 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up the previous two years. Star Bombers full-forward John Coleman, in his first season of VFL Football, kicked six goals for the game, the last of which brought up his 100th goal for the year.
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Carlton Coach: Percy Bentley | valign=top |
Essendon Captain-Coach: Dick Reynolds |
Umpire - Jack McMurray