1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Initial ballot
Greenberg's eligibility was questioned by some voters, as he had been listed on the Cleveland Indians' active roster for part of the 1948 season as a precautionary move against injuries to other players. However, he was removed from the active roster once it became clear that his position as an Indians executive precluded any playing role, and he did not appear in any games; nonetheless, some voters maintained that his inclusion on the roster made him an active player and thus ineligible for election in 1949.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Initial ballot
Once again, the focus was now on the most recent players; those who had retired before 1932 receded even further in the voting. Only 2 of the top 22 candidates, and none of the top 15, had retired before 1932; 12 of the 20 players reaching the runoff had been active in 1941 or later. Of the 98 players named, only 24 retired before 1930; they received only 9% of the vote.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Initial ballot
Three players who had retired before 1924 (none earlier than 1921) and were officially ineligible nevertheless received a single vote each; this was a notable reduction from the previous year's total of 23 votes for such now-ineligible candidates. Votes for those best known as managers again appeared, though only for those who were eligible as players and not to the same extent as in 1948, perhaps due to an expectation of more selections from the Old-Timers Committee.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Initial ballot
Chief Bender, who was technically eligible due to a single inning pitched in 1925, received only 2 votes – a continued drop from his past prominence on the ballot; as with the previous election, it seems either that most voters were unaware of his eligibility or that they viewed it as irrelevant to the spirit of the rules. There was also some confusion as to the cutoff year for eligibility; some writers believed it to be 1927 or 1928 rather than 1924. Dizzy Dean, whose eligibility in 1948 had been questioned due to a single appearance in a 1947 game, returned to the same level he had attained in the 1947 election. Unlike the 1948 election, no players active in the previous year received votes.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Initial ballot
The top 20 candidates, who had each received 20 or more votes, advanced to the runoff election; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics:


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Runoff election
From the 20 final candidates listed on the ballot, voters were instructed to cast votes for five; they were aware of the totals from the first election. Any candidates receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be elected and honored with induction to the Hall. A total of 187 ballots were cast, with 920 individual votes for the 20 candidates, an average of 4.92 per ballot; 141 votes were required for election. The results were announced on May 5; exactly one player reached the threshold of 75% and was therefore elected.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Runoff election
The more recent players once again figured more prominently in the voting, with the top 6 candidates retired less than 7 years.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Runoff election
There was much criticism from those who disliked the runoff process, believing it amounted to two virtually identical elections in a row; with the candidates finishing in roughly the same order both times, many voters felt they were essentially being encouraged to vote for the top candidates from the first ballot in order to ensure at least one selection (in fact, vote totals decreased for every candidate save Gehringer and Ott, the top two vote-getters in the initial round). As a result, the rules were again revised by the Hall of Fame Committee, and the runoff procedure was eliminated after 1949; it would not be reinstated until after the 1960 election.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Runoff election
The induction ceremonies were held in Cooperstown on June 13, with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey officiating. The two 1948 selectees being formally inducted as well; Pie Traynor was present. Charlie Gehringer, however, was unable to attend, as he was in California preparing for his wedding on June 18.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Runoff election
The sole candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; all the remaining candidates have since been selected in subsequent elections, with 16 of the 20 chosen by 1956, and the last (Tony Lazzeri) in 1991:


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Old-Timers Committee
After not having voted on new inductees since 1946, the committee still did not meet formally to consider candidates; instead, the members cast ballots by mail on candidates from the pre-1924 era. This minor action temporarily decreased criticism that earlier players were being overlooked, but it would be the only attempt between 1946 and 1953 to elect players from this period, and there was no attempt to review managers and other non-playing candidates.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Old-Timers Committee
On May 9, it was announced that two pitchers had been selected:


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Old-Timers Committee
Nichols was still living, but Brown had died the previous year. They were formally inducted on June 13 along with Charlie Gehringer and the 1948 selections, Pie Traynor and the late Herb Pennock; Nichols and Traynor were in attendance.


1949 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Old-Timers Committee
The selection of these two pitchers from the period between 1890 and 1916 was roundly applauded, but it was noted that stars of the earlier era had been ignored once again, as well as position players from the same period.


1949 Batley and Morley by-election
A by-election for the constituency of Batley and Morley in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 17 February 1949, caused by the death of the incumbent Labour MP Hubert Beaumont. The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with their candidate Alfred Broughton.


1949 Baylor Bears football team
The 1949 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1949 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Bob Woodruff, the Bears compiled an 8–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, were ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 232 to 126. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Don Mouser was the team captain.


1949 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1949 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1949. The race was won by Louis Rosier driving a Talbot-Lago T26C.


1949 Belgian general election
General elections were held in Belgium on 26 June 1949. Several reforms took effect prior to the elections; they were the first after the introduction of universal women's suffrage; the number of seats in the Chamber of Representatives was increased from 202 to 212, and from now on, elections for the nine provincial councils were held simultaneously with parliamentary elections. The number of Chamber seats and the simultaneous provincial and parliamentary elections would remain unchanged until state reforms in 1993.


1949 Belgian general election
The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 105 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 54 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.4%.


1949 Belgian general election, Constituencies
The distribution of seats among the electoral districts of the Chamber of Representatives was as follows. Several arrondissements got one or more additional seats.


1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.


1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
British rider Bill Doran won the 500cc race riding his AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Enrico Lorenzetti.


1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
By winning their second race of the 600 cc Sidecar of the season British Norton rider Eric Oliver and his swinger Denis Jenkinson wrapped up the first Sidecar championship before the third and final round to be held at the Nations Grand Prix. In the same race, Belgian sidecar rider Edouard Bruylant and his British swinger known as "Hurst" were killed.


1949 Belmont Stakes
The 88th Belmont Stakes was an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on June 11, 1949. From the fourteen starters, Capot won the race under a ride much praised in the media by future Hall of Fame jockey Ted Atkinson. While Capot had won the Preakness Stakes, there was no Triple Crown at stake as second-place finisher Ponder had won the Kentucky Derby.


1949 Belmont Stakes
The 1949 Belmont Stakes carried a gross purse of $91,500 which went to the first four finishers with the nominator of each of the top three horses receiving $2000, $1,000, and $500 respectively.


1949 Bermondsey Borough election
Elections to Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey were held in 1949.


1949 Bermondsey Borough election
The borough had 12 wards which returned between 3 and 6 members. Of the 12 wards 3 of the wards had all candidates elected unopposed. Labour won all the seats, the Conservatives only stood in 5 wards, the Liberal Party in 3 wards and the Communist Party in 1 ward.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season
The 1949 Big Nine Conference football season was the 54th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Nine Conference (also known as the Western Conference and the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1949 college football season.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season
Ohio State and Michigan tied for the 1949 Big Ten championship. Ohio State, under head coach Wes Fesler, compiled a 7–1–2 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. The Buckeyes defeated California in the 1950 Rose Bowl by a 17–14 score. Center Jack Lininger was selected as the team's most valuable player.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season
Michigan, under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, compiled a 6–2–1 record and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The Wolverines had a 25-game win streak broken with a loss to Army on October 8, 1949. Halfback Dick Kempthorn was selected as the team's most valuable player, and tackle Alvin Wistert was a consensus first-team All-American.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season
Minnesota, under head coach Bernie Bierman, finished in third place, compiled a 7–2 record, led the conference in both scoring offense (25.7 points per game) and scoring defense (8.9 points allowed per game), and was ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll. Bud Grant and John Lundin were selected as the team's most valuable players. Tackle Leo Nomellini and center Clayton Tonnemaker were both consensus first-team All-Americans.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Preseason
After the University of Chicago formally withdrew from the Big Ten Conference in 1946, conference officials began considering other schools to fill the vacancy. In December 1948, conference officials voted unanimously to admit Michigan State College, selecting the Spartans over a competing bid from the University of Pittsburgh. The decision was certified in May 1949, with Spartans' participation slated to begin in the fall of 1950 with the exception of football where their participation was delayed until 1953.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Preseason
There was one coaching change between the 1948 and 1949 seasons. In December, 1948, Harry Stuhldreher resigned as Wisconsin's head football coach, though he retained his job as athletic director. In January, 1949, Wisconsin hired Ivy Williamson as its new head coach. Williamson had been a star football player at Michigan in the early 1930s and the head football coach at Lafayette from 1947 to 1948.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
KeyAP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1949 seasonAP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1949 seasonPPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per gameMVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 24
On September 24, 1949, the Big Ten football teams played one conference game and seven non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in five wins and two losses.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 1
On October 1, 1949, the Big Ten played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in two wins and a loss, giving the Big Ten a 7-3 record in non-conference games.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 8
On October 8, 1949, the Big Ten played two conference games and five non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in one win and four losses, giving the Big Ten an 8-7 record in non-conference games.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 15
On October 15, 1949, the Big Ten played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in two wins and one loss, giving the Big Ten a 10-8 record in non-conference games.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 22
On October 22, 1949, the Big Ten played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game was a win, giving the Big Ten an 11-8 record against non-conference opponents.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 29
On October 29, 1949, the Big Ten played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game was a win, giving the Big Ten a 12-8 record against non-conference opponents.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 5
On November 5, 1949, the Big Ten played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game was a win, giving the Big Ten a 13-8 record against non-conference opponents.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 12
On November 12, 1949, the Big Ten schools played three conference games and two non-conference games. The non-conference games both resulted in wins, giving the Big Ten a 15-8 record against non-conference opponents. Minnesota had a bye week.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 19
On November 19, 1949, the Big Ten played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game was a loss.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Bowl games
On January 2, 1950, Ohio State defeated California, 17–14, in the 1950 Rose Bowl. The game's most valuable player was Fred "Curly" Morrison of Ohio State. The game was played on January 2nd, because the first fell on a Sunday.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, All-conference players
The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press (UP) as first-team players on the 1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team.


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, All-Americans
At the end of the 1949 season, Big Ten players secured three of the consensus first-team picks for the 1949 College Football All-America Team. The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were:


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, All-Americans
Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were:


1949 Big Nine Conference football season, 1950 NFL Draft
The following Big Nine players were among the first 100 players selected in the 1950 NFL Draft:


1949 Birthday Honours
The 1949 King's Birthday Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made "on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty's Birthday", and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 3 June 1949 for the British Empire, New Zealand, India and Ceylon.


1949 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1949 Birthday Honours, British Empire, Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1949 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1949 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were appointments made by the King on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 9 June 1949.


1949 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1949 Bolivian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bolivia on 1 May 1949, electing half the seats of the Chamber of Deputies and one-third the seats in the Senate.


1949 Boston Braves season
The 1949 Boston Braves season was the 79th season of the franchise.


1949 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1949 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1949 college football season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished with a record of 4–4–1.


1949 Boston College Eagles football team
In the annual rivalry game against Holy Cross, Boston College routed the Crusaders 76–0, by far the most lopsided result in the history of the series.


1949 Boston Red Sox season
The 1949 Boston Red Sox season was the 49th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, one game behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1949 World Series.


1949 Boston Red Sox season
The Red Sox set a major-league record which still stands for the most base on balls by a team in a season, with 835. Center fielder Dom DiMaggio had a 34-game hitting streak, which still stands as the club record for the major-league Red Sox.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
During the season, Mel Parnell was the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in one season for the Red Sox in the 20th century. George Kell beat Ted Williams for the American League batting title by 0.0002 percentage points.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
Ted Williams set a major league record for the most consecutive games reaching base safely with 84. The streak began on July 1, and ended on September 28. The streak was ended by Washington Senators pitcher Ray Scarborough. Williams was in the on-deck circle when Johnny Pesky made the final out, depriving him of one more chance to extend the streak.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, The trade that wasn't
In 1949, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade Joe DiMaggio for Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe
Joe DiMaggio came back from heel surgery to demolish the Red Sox in a three-game series at Fenway Park. He hit four home runs, three of them game winners. It sent the Sox reeling, and they fell 12.5 games back by July 4. But Boston rallied after that, going 60-21 (.753) in their next 81 games, and they consequently went into Yankee Stadium for the final two games of the schedule with a one-game lead. The Red Sox needed just one win in two games and were to pitch Mel Parnell in the first game. After trailing 4–0, the Yankees came back to beat Parnell 5–4, as Johnny Lindell hit an eighth-inning, game-winning, home run and Joe Page had a great relief appearance for New York. And so it came down to the last game of the season. It was Ellis Kinder facing Vic Raschi.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe
The Yankees led 1–0 after seven innings, having scored in the first. In the eighth inning, Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy lifted Kinder for pinch hitter Tom Wright, who walked but was then erased on a double play. With Kinder out of the game, McCarthy then brought in Mel Parnell in relief, even though Parnell had pitched 4 innings the previous day (in which he had given up 8 hits, two walks and four runs).


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe
Parnell immediately yielded a homer to Tommy Henrich and a single to Yogi Berra, and after those two batters was quickly replaced by Tex Hughson, who had been on the disabled list and said his arm still hurt. But he came on and, with the bases loaded, Jerry Coleman hit a soft liner that Al Zarilla in right field tried to make a shoestring catch, but he missed and it went for a triple and three runs.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe
In the ninth inning the Red Sox rallied for three runs but still fell short. McCarthy was criticized for pinch-hitting for Kinder,  particularly when there were no fully-rested, effective arms in the bullpen to replace Kinder on the mound. Hughson also claimed his manager ruined his career by making him pitch with a sore arm -- Hughson, an eight-year Red Sox veteran, never again appeared in the major leagues after this game.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe
It was the second year in a row McCarthy's late-season managing was called into question. In 1948, McCarthy had chosen journeyman pitcher Denny Galehouse to start the tie breaker that decided who went to the 1948 World Series, and the Red Sox lost that tiebreaker to the Cleveland Indians.


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1949 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 250 to 108.


1949 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1949 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 1949, between incumbent Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley, city clerk and former acting mayor John B. Hynes, and three other candidates. Hynes was elected to his first term.


1949 Boston mayoral election
Boston voters also approved changing the structure of future mayoral contests to include a preliminary election, to select two final candidates in advance of each general election. It also shifted the years in which elections would he held. The first such election was set for 1951, meaning that Hynes would only serve a two-year term, rather than a four-year term.


1949 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1949 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Bob Whittaker. The Falcons compiled a 4–5 record and outscored their opponents 206 to 161.


1949 Bradford South by-election
A by-election for the constituency of Bradford South in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 8 December 1949, caused by the death of the incumbent Labour MP Meredith Titterington on 28 October of that year. The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with their candidate George Craddock winning with a majority of 4,022 and 51.3% of the vote.


1949 Bradford South by-election
This was the final parliamentary by-election to be held during the 1945-1950 Parliament.


1949 British Columbia general election
The 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950.


1949 British Columbia general election
The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.


1949 British Columbia general election
Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.


1949 British Columbia general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1949 British Columbia general election, Results
1 Various social credit groups nominated 16 candidates in the 1945 election as part of a Social Credit "alliance". These candidates won 6,627 votes, 1.42% of the popular vote in that election.


1949 British Columbia general election, Results
2 The candidate, running independently from the Liberal-PC Coalition, is listed as "Conservative" rather than "Progressive Conservative" in the Statement of Votes.


1949 British Grand Prix
The 1949 British Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Silverstone on 14 May 1949. The race was won by Emmanuel de Graffenried driving a Maserati 4CLT.


1949 British Grand Prix, Background
The 1949 Grand Prix was held just seven months after the 1948 event on a substantially modified layout. For 1949 the layout used perimeter roads only, no longer running down the runways. The layout was much the same as that used until 1973 with the exception of a tight chicane at what became Club corner in order to ensure cars were tested at both high and low speeds.


1949 British Grand Prix, Background
Also new for 1949 was the RAC being granted Grande Epreuve status for their race, officially adopting the title of British Grand Prix.


1949 British Grand Prix, Entries
Although a large entry was attracted, in spite of the increased importance placed on the event the entry did not include any true factory entries.


1949 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Practice began on the Thursday before the race, although not all competitors arrived, some having travelled from the 1949 Roussillon Grand Prix in Perignan. Peter Walker set the fastest time on Thursday in 2 minutes 13.2. Luigi Villoresi was still tired, having arrived directly from Perignon, but was able to set second fastest time in 2 minutes 14.4, followed by Tony Rolt (2 minutes 15.8) and Cuth Harrison (2 minutes 16.4).


1949 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Times improved the following day as more of the international drivers had arrived. Villoresi would improve on his Thursday time to be fastest of all in 2 minutes 9.8, followed by Bira, who had also arrived from Perignan, in 2 minutes 10.2. The next fastest times set on Friday were by Emmanuel de Graffenried (2 minutes 13.6) and Bob Gerard (2 minutes 14.4).


1949 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The starting grid was arranged in  rows of five, then four, then five, and so on.


1949 British Grand Prix, Race
Bira made the best start in his Maserati, leading Villoresi's similar car by a clear two lengths at the first corner, followed closely by two more Maseratis, driven by de Graffenried, and by Reg Parnell taking advantage of starting directly behind the fastest drivers. Fifth was the ERA of Gerard. Villoresi overtook Bira for the lead on the third lap, as the pair pulled away from the rest of the field.


1949 British Grand Prix, Race
On lap 24, Bira regained the lead, and Villoresi began slowing, stopping for fuel at the end of lap 27 and dropping to fourth place behind Parnell moving into second place just slightly ahead of de Graffenried. Behind Villoresi was the Alta of George Abecassis in fifth and another Maserati, that of Fred Ashmore, in sixth. After thirty laps Bira had lapped every car outside of the top four. Not long after this Abecassis lost most of his exhaust pipe but continued on unfazed, while at the same time Villoresi stopped again, this time retiring with a loss of oil pressure.


1949 British Grand Prix, Race
Bira began suffering from brake fade, allowing Parnell to slowly close the gap but after 40 laps they were still around 40 seconds apart, with de Graffenried now around 20 seconds behind Parnell, followed now by Gerard and the Talbot-Lago of Philippe Étancelin. On his 48th lap Bira was unable to slow for the Club chicane, colliding with the straw bales and a barrel, damaging his suspension too much to continue, giving the lead to Parnell. At the halfway point (50 laps), Parnell lead de Graffenried by 23.6 seconds, followed by Gerard in third from Billy Cotton (who had taken over David Hampshire's ERA), and the Talbot-Lagos of Louis Rosier and Étancelin.


1949 British Grand Prix, Race
Parnell did not lead for long, however, as his axle oil plug popped out, losing him the lead. He would stop three more times over the next few laps and eventually retired after 69 laps due to a broken rear axle. So then after 60 laps the order was de Graffenried over three minutes ahead of Gerard, the soon to retire Parnell, Cotton, the two Talbot-Lagos, Ashmore and the Alta of Abecassis back up to seventh after losing a significant amount of time with carburettor trouble. Soon after Rosier took his Talbot-Lago into fourth place ahead of Cotton.


1949 British Grand Prix, Race
For the final 30 laps Gerard began to catch de Graffenried but was still some way back. His progress was helped by de Graffenried making a second stop for fuel on lap 85, but only managed to come within a minute of leading. So then de Graffenried won the race in a time of nearly four hours, 65 seconds ahead of Gerard who was himself a lap clear of third placed Rosier, the only driver to complete the race without stopping for fuel.


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season
The 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers held off the St. Louis Cardinals to win the National League title by one game. The Dodgers lost the World Series to the New York Yankees in five games.


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Regular season
Jackie Robinson led the NL in hitting and stolen bases and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Robinson was the first black player to win the NL MVP.


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1949 World Series, Game 1
October 5, 1949, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1949 World Series, Game 2
October 6, 1949, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1949 World Series, Game 3
October 7, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1949 World Series, Game 4
October 8, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1949 World Series, Game 5
October 9, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1949 Brown Bears football team
The 1949 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1949 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled an 8–1 record, and outscored their opponents 263 to 94. Joe Paterno and J. S. Scott were the team captains. Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1949 Brownlow Medal
The 1949 Brownlow Medal was the 22nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Colin Austen of the Hawthorn Football Club and Ron Clegg of the South Melbourne Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1949 VFL season.


1949 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1949 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1949 college football season.


1949 Bucknell Bison football team
In its third season under head coach Harry Lawrence, the team compiled a 6–2 record. Edward J. Stec and Don Davidson were the team captains.


1949 Bucknell Bison football team
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)
The first of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: III Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race that took place on January 30, 1949, at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)
The event was marred by the death of popular French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. He was driving his first flying lap during practice, when his car swerved to avoid children crossing the track, and slammed into a tree. He died instantly of massive head injuries. During the race, local driver Pablo Pessatti was also killed when his car overturned, and he was thrown out.


1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (II)
The second of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: III Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón), was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 6, 1949. The race was shortened from 35 laps due to rain.


1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (III)
The third of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: IV Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires), was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on December 18, 1949.


1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
The 1949 Buffalo Bills season was their fourth and final season in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7-7, winning only five games. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost to the Cleveland Browns who went on to beat the San Francisco 49ers for the final AAFC Championship.


1949 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 1949 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Frank Clair, the team compiled a 6–3 record. The team played its home games at Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York.


1949 Bulgarian Cup
The 1949 Bulgarian Cup was the 9th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Levski Sofia won the competition, beating CSKA Sofia 2–1 in the 2nd replay after a 1–1 draw in the final and 2–2 draw in the 1st replay.


1949 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1949 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 9th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). It was contested by Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. It took three matches at Yunak Stadium to determine a winner. The first took place on 8 May, the second on 16 May and the third on 17 May 1949. The cup was won by Levski Sofia. They won the 2nd replay 2–1 after extra time.


1949 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 December 1949. They were the first legislative elections held under undisguised Communist rule. With all meaningful opposition having been destroyed, voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. According to official figures, almost 4.7 million people turned out to vote and only 980 of them voted against the list, while another 109,963 ballots were invalid or blank. Voter turnout was reportedly 98.9 percent.


1949 CCNY Beavers football team
The 1949 CCNY Beavers football team was an American football team that represented the City College of New York (CCNY) as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under Frank Tubridy, the Beavers team compiled a 2–5–1 record.


1949 Cal Aggies football team
The 1949 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in the 1949 college football season. The team was known as either the Cal Aggies or California Aggies, and competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1949 Cal Aggies football team
The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Ted Forbes. They played home games at Aggie Field. The Aggies finished the regular season as champion of the FWC, with a record of five wins and three losses (5–3, 4–0 FWC). As FWC champion, they were invited to a post-season bowl game, the Pear Bowl, played in Medford, Oregon. They were beaten by Pacific (OR) in the game, bringing their final record to five wins and four losses (5–4, 4–0 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 138–160 for the 1949 season.


1949 Cal Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No Cal Aggies players were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.


1949 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1949 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1949 college football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1949 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The team was led by second-year head coach Chuck Pavelko and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 1–3 CCAA).


1949 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.


1949 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team
The 1949 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Voorhis Unit during the 1949 college football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1949.


1949 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team
Cal Poly San Dimas was led by second-year head coach Duane Whitehead. The Broncos finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 82–172 for the season.


1949 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly San Dimas players were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.


1949 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1949 Calgary Stampeders finished in 1st place in the W.I.F.U. with a 13–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup and attempted to repeat as champions but they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. On October 22, 1949, the Stampeders recorded their first loss in almost two years (last loss was October 27, 1947) against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. They established a CFL record for the most consecutive regular season wins with a 22-game winning streak from August 25, 1948, to October 22, 1949.


1949 Calgary Stampeders season, Playoffs, Grey Cup
37th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario


1949 California Golden Bears football team
The 1949 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the team compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 319 to 131.


1949 California Golden Bears football team
California was ranked third in the final AP Poll, released in late November.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike
The 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike was a labor strike involving gravediggers and other workers at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City. The strike began on January 13 and ended on March 12,


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike
The strike began on January 13 after labor negotiations between the trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral (the administrators of the cemetery, which was owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York) and members of the United Cemetery Workers Union Local 293 reached an impasse. The union had been pushing for a reduction in their workweek from 48 hours Monday through Saturday to 40 hours Monday through Friday at the same weekly pay, which the trustees countered with slight pay increases and no changes in hours. As a result, about 250 workers at Calvary went on strike, garnering support from left-leaning Catholic groups and activists including the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, the Catholic Worker newspaper, and activists John C. Cort, Dorothy Day, and Peter Maurin.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike
However, church officials took a hardline stance against the union, and this was especially true of the noted anti-communist Cardinal Francis Spellman, then-archbishop of the archdiocese. Spellman attempted to break the strike by employing red-baiting tactics against the local union's parent union, the Congress of Industrial Organizations-affiliated Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers. In late February, Spellman offered the strikers an 8% raise if they returned to work without union affiliation, but the strikers rejected this offer. With important Catholic events approaching, on March 2, Spellman brought in 100 students from St. Joseph's Seminary to act as strikebreakers. Shortly thereafter, the strikers changed their union affiliation to an American Federation of Labor-affiliated union and agreed to return to work on March 12. In the end, the strikers received an 8.3% wage increase, though without a change to their schedules.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Background
Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery located in the Queens borough of New York City. By 1949, the cemetery (owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and administered by the trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan) was one of the largest Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States. By that time, the cemetery covered several hundred acres and had almost 2 million interments, with approximately 10,000 additional burials per year.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Background
Cardinal Francis Spellman was the archbishop of the archdiocese and presided over the trustees of St. Patrick's, having risen to that position in 1939 and being made cardinal in 1946. As both a cardinal and archbishop, he was considered the most powerful and well-known prelate of the Catholic Church in the United States. In 1946, with Spellman's blessing, workers at Calvary Cemetery unionized with Local 293 of the United Cemetery Workers Union (UCW). This union was affiliated with the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers (FTA) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), a leftist national union. Almost all of the Local 293 members were Catholics.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Background
Throughout 1948, relations between the workers and their employers deteriorated, and on December 27 of that year, union representatives submitted a proposal to management for changes in working conditions. Of primary concern, the union was seeking a reduction in their workweek from 48 hours to 40 hours, with 8-hour shifts Monday through Friday. Additionally, they were seeking an increase in hourly pay so that they would still be receiving the same weekly pay of $59.40. Additionally, workers would receive overtime and time-and-a-half pay for Saturday work.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Background
The St. Patrick's trustees, taking a hardline stance against the union from the beginning of discussions, countered that Saturday work was necessitated by the numerous weekend funeral services and instead offered the workers a 2.6% cost of living adjustment. Church and union officials met for two separate collective bargaining sessions, with the final held on January 10. During the last meeting, church representatives Monsignor George C. Ehardt and attorney Godfrey P. Schmidt made the union a final offer, after which they refused to entertain any further counteroffers from the union.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Background
Additionally during negotiations, Spellman, a noted anti-communist, wrote front-page opinion pieces for almost every major newspaper in New York City about how the CIO was "a well-known Communist dominated union". With both sides at an impasse, approximately 250 Local 293 workers (composed of chauffeurs, gardeners, gravediggers, and mechanics) at Calvary went on strike on January 13, 1949. This marked the first recorded instance of a labor strike conducted by Catholic laity against Catholic clergy.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike
Starting on January 13, strikers began picketing outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The day after the strike began, 35 burials at the cemetery were postponed on account of the strike. Early on, the strike received the support of several leftist Catholic groups. The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU) voiced their support of the strike in defiance of Spellman, who was a noted donator to that organization, and ACTU member and noted Christian socialist John C. Cort picketed with strikers. As a result of their support of the strike, Spellman would later stop his annual $3,000 donation to the group.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike
In addition, the Catholic Worker newspaper, lead by activists Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, supported the strike, with the newspaper's headquarter building in the Lower East Side also housing a soup kitchen and lodging house for strikers in need. In addition, the newspaper published articles that were supportive of the strike and Day wrote several times to Spellman arguing that the strikers were justified in their actions.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike
While union officials requested third party government arbitration, Schmidt countered by offering to have three theologians from outside of the archdiocese arbitrate the strike under the question of "Is the present strike morally justified?" These offers were turned down by union officials, who argued that the strike was due to economic rather than theological or moral issues. On January 21, Ehardt sent a letter to the strikers arguing that union officials were to blame for the strike and threatened the strikers with possible job replacement.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike
However, by mid-February, the strike was continuing and over 1,000 dead bodies were being stored in temporary vaults at Calvary Cemetery. In addition, strike action had spread to 47 Local 293 gravediggers at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York, which was also owned by the archdiocese. With important Catholic events such as the city's St. Patrick's Day parade and the Easter season approaching, Spellman took on a more active role in trying to end the strike.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike
Starting on February 18, Spellman tried to appeal to the workers to return to work as individuals, without the union, and on February 28, at a meeting of union members he had called for, he stated that the workers would receive an 8% salary increase if they returned to work by noon of the following day without union membership. However, the union members rejected the offer. At the same time, Spellman attempted to hurt public support for the strike by employing red-baiting, criticizing the CIO as a "Communist-affiliated" union. Additionally, church officials began seeking an injunction from the New York Supreme Court against the strikers.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike, Strikebreakers brought in
On March 2, union officials informed Spellman that they would not return to work except as continued members of their current union, affiliated with the FTA, as union members earlier that day had voted 183 to 0 against quitting their membership in that union. As a result, in the early morning of March 3, Spellman brought 100 students from St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York to act as strikebreakers and bury the 1,020 dead bodies in storage at Calvary. Spellman stated that he would do the same at Gate of Heaven.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike, Strikebreakers brought in
According to a later report of the strike, the seminarians were caught off guard when they realized they had been called by the archbishop to act as gravediggers, and the strikers were also caught off guard by the action. Picketers at the cemetery taunted the seminarians and priests with calls of "strikebreakers", and when seminarians returned the following day to continue gravedigging, a spokesman for the union, speaking to the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper, said, "We support the seminary. But to allow the seminary to take the bread and butter out of our mouths is wrong. They are strikebreakers."


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike, Strikebreakers brought in
The seminarians continued to work as gravediggers for several days, and on March 4, Local 293 members reversed their earlier decision and agreed to disaffiliate with the FTA. In addition, union members took an anti-communist oath as Spellman contended that he would continue to use strikebreakers for as long as was necessary.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike, Strikebreakers brought in
In response to the action, a representative for the ACTU said, "With all reverence and respect for the cardinal, it is more important to recognize the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively in unions of their own choosing, and to pay the living a just wage, than to bury the dead." Within a week of the seminarians being brought in, gravediggers on strike at Calvary voted to unionize as Local 365 of the American Federation of Labor-affiliated Building Service Employees International Union, with this announcement made on March 11.


1949 Calvary Cemetery strike, Course of the strike, Strikebreakers brought in
Spellman was happy in the change of union affiliation, and the striking workers returned to work on March 12, a Saturday. Ultimately, the workers received an 8.3% wage increase and a check for $65 from Spellman for "hardships" sustained during the strike, while the seminarians who had worked as gravediggers were given a sightseeing tour of Washington, D.C.


1949 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The 1949 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby  was won by the selection della Buenos Aires Province, ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.


1949 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Results
The tournament was played in July, with all the matches played at Club Atlético San Isidro in Buenos Aires, to permit to the selection committee of national team to have an easy look at all the players in order to form the team to play against France in the incoming tour


1949 Campeonato Carioca
The 1949 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on July 3, 1949 and ended on December 11, 1949. It was organized by FMF (Federação Metropolitana de Futebol, or Metropolitan Football Federation). Eleven teams participated. Vasco da Gama won the title for the 8th time. no teams were relegated.


1949 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1949 Campeonato Paulista
The 1949 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 48th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the title for the 6th time. Comercial was relegated and the top scorer was São Paulo's Friaça with 24 goals.


1949 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title and the team with the fewest points being relegated.


1949 Campeonato Profesional
The 1949 Campeonato Profesional was the second season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The tournament was started on April 25. 14 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. This tournament was famous for mark the beginning of El Dorado. Millonarios and Deportivo Cali, both with 44 points, played two final matches to decide the champion of the season. Santa Fe, the defending champion, was 3rd with 39 points.


1949 Campeonato Profesional, Background
The season was notable for being the beginning of El Dorado, during which many international football stars arrived to the Colombian league, especially from Argentina, due to the protests that were taking place in that country. The tournament began on 25 April 1949. The debutants teams were Atlético Bucaramanga, Boca Juniors de Cali, Deportivo Barranquilla, Deportivo Pereira and Huracán de Medellín. This year Universidad returned to Bogotá. Deportivo Barranquilla participated to replacing Atlético Junior, who was representing Colombia in the South American Championship. Barranquilla only played 21 of the 26 league matches.


1949 Campeonato Profesional, League system
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.


1949 Canadian federal election
The 1949 Canadian federal election was held June 27, 1949 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 21st Parliament of Canada.


1949 Canadian federal election
The Liberal Party was re-elected with its fourth consecutive government, winning 191 seats (73 percent of the seats in the House of Commons), with less than 50 percent of the popular vote.


1949 Canadian federal election
It was the first election in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had retired in 1948, and was replaced as Liberal leader and Prime Minister by Louis St. Laurent.


1949 Canadian federal election
It was the first federal election with Newfoundland voting, having joined Canada in March of that year. It was also the first election since 1904 in which the remaining parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation, following the partitioning off of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.


1949 Canadian federal election
The Liberal Party victory was the largest majority in Canadian history to that point. As of 2021, it remains the third largest majority government in Canadian history, and the largest in the party's history.


1949 Canadian federal election
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario George Drew, gained little ground in this election. The party lost over a third of their seats.


1949 Canadian federal election
Smaller parties, such as the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and Social Credit, a party that advocated monetary reform, lost support to the Liberals, and to a lesser extent, the Conservatives.


1949 Canadian federal election, National results
* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1949 Cannes Film Festival
The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 September 1949. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial problems.


1949 Cannes Film Festival
Like in 1947, the entire jury for this festival was made up of French persons, with historian Georges Huisman as President of the Jury. The Grand Prix du Festival de Cannes went to The Third Man by Carol Reed. The festival opened with L'Arroseur Arrosé by Louis Lumière, an 1895 French comedy short-film, paying tribute to cinema's first comedy film.


1949 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:


1949 Cannes Film Festival, Out of competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:


1949 Cannes Film Festival, Short films
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:


1949 Caribbean Series
The first edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1949. It was held from February 20 through February 25 with the champion baseball teams of Cuba, Alacranes del Almendares; Panama, Spur Cola  Colonites; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez and Venezuela, Cervecería Caracas.


1949 Caribbean Series
The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at the Del Cerro Stadium in Havana, Cuba, which boosted capacity to 35.000 seats. The first pitch was thrown by George Trautman, by then the president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.


1949 Caribbean Series, Summary
Cuba captured the competition with an undefeated record of 6-0, behind a strong pitching effort by Agapito Mayor, who posted a 3-0 record (2 as a starter, 1 in relief) and won Most Valuable Player honors. His three wins in the CBWS still a series record.


1949 Caribbean Series, Summary
The offensive support came from Monte Irvin, who hit .389 and led the hitters with two home runs and 11 RBI; Al Gionfriddo, the champion bat with a .533 average (8-for-15); Chuck Connors, who  hit .409 with five runs and five RBI, and Sam Jethroe, a .320 hitter with three triples, six runs, and five RBI. Cuba, managed by Fermin Guerra, also collected a 4–0 shutout by Ed Wright (the first in Series history) and complete game wins from René Solís and Conrado Marrero. Other roster members were Santos Amaro,  Andrés Fleitas and René González.


1949 Caribbean Series, Summary
Venezuela, managed by José Antonio Casanova, ended second with a 3-3 mark. José Bracho led the pitching staff with a 2-0 record and a 3.21 ERA in 14 innings. He also contributed to his own cause by going 5-for-6 (.833) with a double and two RBI. Luis Zuloaga won a complete-game pitching duel against Puerto Rico's Alonzo Perry for the other Venezuelan victory. The offense was paced by catcher Guillermo Vento (.375) and first baseman Dalmiro Finol (.333), who also hit the first home run in Series history. Veteran slugger Vidal López reinforced the team, going 1-for-2 in a pitch-hitting role.


1949 Caribbean Series, Summary
Panama finished third with a 2-4 record. The team, managed by catcher León Kellman, had a solid pitching staff that included Sam Jones and Pat Scantlebury, but was victim of a low-run support. Lester Lockett  went 9-for-22 with two doubles, while leading the team in both average (.409) and runs scored (six). Kellman batted only .238, but stole four bases to tie teammate Sam Bankhead and Cuba's Chuck Connors for the Series lead.


1949 Caribbean Series, Summary
Puerto Rico ended in fourth place with a 1-5 record. The team was led by shortstop-manager Artie Wilson (.346, three stolen bases), Quincy Trouppe (.444), Luke Easter (.400, 7 RBI), and specially Wilmer Fields, who hit the first grand slam in Series history and drove in seven runs.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election
An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1949. It was preceded by the 1946 election and followed, by the 1952 election.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Overview of the result
After steadily increasing their representation throughout the inter-war period, the Labour Party finally won a majority on the Council, and strengthened their hold by taking nine of the ten vacancies on the aldermanic bench. Labour victories included taking a seat in the Borough of Carmarthen for the first time. Gwynfor Evans, President of Plaid Cymru, was returned for the Llangadog ward.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Unopposed returns
There were a number of unopposed returns, both in Labour held seats and in the western part of the county, which was described as still being 'traditionally Liberal in character'.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Contested elections
While there were more unopposed returns than in 1946, many wards were keenly contested. Electioneering reached a peak in Llanelli where an Independent association was formed to fight the elections as a united front against Labour. However, Labour won all but two seats in Llanelli town.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Contested elections
Retiring aldermen faced the electorate for the first time since 1937. In Llangyndeyrn, Alderman Rev. James Jenkins, a member of the Council since 1925, was defeated by the retiring Labour councilor. However, Dame Gwendoline Trubshaw was one of only two Independent candidates to secure election in Llanelli.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of results
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below where relevant.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of results
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 53 councillors were elected.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Election of aldermen
In addition to the 57 councillors the council consisted of 19 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected.


1949 Carmarthenshire County Council election, By-elections
Following the selection of aldermen the following by-elections were held. In Llanelli, the Independents gained two seats but Labour won the seat vacated by Dame Gwendoline Trubshaw.


1949 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1949 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Lyle Bennett, the Chippewas compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 109 to 106.


1949 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
On January 20, 1950, Bennett resigned as the school's head football coach. In three years as head coach from 1947 to 1949, Bennett compiled a record of 8–15–1. He stayed on at Central Michigan as the track coach and a trainer.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone
The 1949 Central Queensland cyclone was an unnamed tropical cyclone that struck the Central Queensland coast in Australia on 2 March 1949.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone
The cyclone impacted the cities of Gladstone and Rockhampton and their surrounding towns and localities. There were a number of fatalities, and extensive damage was sustained to many homes and businesses and much of the local infrastructure, including the telecommunications, electricity and transport networks.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone
The Bureau of Meteorology lists the 1949 Central Queensland cyclone as one of the 15 major cyclones to strike the east coast of Queensland between 1890 and 2006.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Formation
On 28 February 1949, reports emerged that a tropical cyclone had developed and was 100 miles east-south-east of Willis Island, moving in a south-south-westerly direction. On 1 March 1949, it was reported the cyclone had been maintaining a parabolic south-westerly to southerly track, and was 80 miles east of Cape Capricorn. By 2 March 1949, the cyclone had travelled further south to between Bundaberg and Gladstone, where the system deepened and crossed the coast just south of Gladstone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Formation
The cyclone then almost immediately swung north, and travelled back up the coast to Rockhampton before eventually moving west through Capricornia dumping heavy amounts of rain throughout inland areas and ultimately weakening near Tambo.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Formation
The 1949 Central Queensland cyclone was the third to cross the coast in the space of three weeks. It followed the unnamed 1949 Far North Queensland cyclone which caused widespread damage to Cooktown on 10 February 1949. A weaker cyclone then crossed the coast north of Mackay on 16 February 1949, bringing heavy rain to the city but no significant damage.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
Winds were estimated to have gusted up to 120 miles per hour as the cyclone passed over Gladstone, with the peak estimated to have occurred at around 1pm.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
Sixty homes in Gladstone were unroofed, and dozens of other buildings were damaged. The Roman Catholic Church's convent school and the Presbyterian Church were destroyed, while the Queen's Hotel and the Church of England were unroofed and the Gladstone meatworks badly damaged. School children were taken out of the convent school building two hours before it was demolished.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
When the police station was unroofed, a local police sergeant was forced to move his family into the local watchhouse until that too was badly damaged, forcing the family to seek shelter in the court house.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
Many marine vessels were destroyed or badly damaged including a local tourist boat Norwest which was washed up onto the banks of Auckland Creek.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
Gladstone's communication and electricity network was badly damaged in the cyclone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
There was substantial crop losses in the surrounding area including pawpaw crops in the Yarwun-Targinnie district and peanut crops in the Mount Larcom district.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
Due to the cyclone, a passenger train carrying 350 passengers was held at Raglan, between Gladstone and Rockhampton, for 26 hours. During the stopover, groups of passengers had to regularly walk to the local store and hotel to for food supplies. As floodwaters in Raglan Creek rose nearby, the passengers and crew assisted the hotelkeeper at Raglan to move furniture to higher ground.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Gladstone
During the extensive clean up, the Gladstone mayor criticised the condition of 30 tons of roofing iron which had been sent to Gladstone for cyclone repairs, describing the iron as "rusted and useless" as it had been exposed to the elements on inadequately-covered railway wagons.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
The city of Rockhampton and adjacent coastal areas were extensively damaged when the cyclone made an unexpected northern turn back up the coast, once it had crossed near Gladstone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
The estimated peak of the cyclone in Rockhampton was estimated to have been at 7pm when winds of up to 100 miles per hour were recorded, and the barometric pressure reached 28.56 inches of mercury (967 hectopascals) - the lowest to ever have been recorded in Rockhampton.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Many homes, businesses and landmarks in Rockhampton suffered substantial damage.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Extensive damage was reported at the Rockhampton railway station where approximately 100 sheet of iron was dislodged above the railway platforms. After being severed during the cyclone, the rail link between Rockhampton and Yeppoon was closed until repairs could be made to the damaged tracks. Other parts of the local railway network to have been damaged during the cyclone included the line to Ridgelands, the line from Baralaba to Theodore, and the line from Rannes to Thangool.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
There was an estimated £20,000 done to the Wintergarden Theatre while the picture theatre at Koongal was also extensively damaged.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Damage to the electricity network was extensive with flying iron and trees cutting down main power lines. Power supply began being progressively restored the day following the cyclone, with priority given to hospitals, water treatment plants and other essential services. With widespread power outages, volunteers were called for to manually operate an iron lung for a 16-year-old patient at Rockhampton General Hospital until power was restored. The lack of auxiliary power at the hospital and the necessity of requiring volunteers to manually operate the machine prompted a public debate in the local press.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Communities along the Capricorn Coast, including Yeppoon and Emu Park, also sustained extensive damage during the cyclone. Dead cattle began washing up on the beaches along Zilzie and Emu Park after the cyclone. Mass burials of the beasts took place at the end of each beach.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Damage was also sustained at Port Alma and the Rockhampton Harbour.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
The mining town of Mount Morgan, south-west of Rockhampton, experienced strong winds and heavy rain, but the damage to the town was minimal compared to Rockhampton although some roofs were blown off buildings and some verandas were damaged, including at the Avoca Hotel and Allen's Hotel at Tipperary Point.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Many crops in the area were lost, including a substantial citrus crop from Byfield.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Kalapa also felt the effects of the cyclone as it moved inland. Further west, strong winds and heavy rain were recorded at Emerald and throughout the Central Highlands but no substantial damage was reported.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
The publication of Rockhampton's daily newspaper was abandoned during the cyclone, and therefore there was no edition of The Morning Bulletin issued on 3 March 1949. The Rockhampton Newspaper Co Pty Ltd issued an apology in the following day's edition, explaining that the decision not to publish had been owing to "unsurmountable difficulties".


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Local radio station 4RK remained on air during the cyclone but staff were forced to cover transmitting equipment with tents and had to tear up linoleum from the floor so it could be used to cover the generator when water began pouring through the roof.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
Despite the widespread damage and the substantial clean up that occurred following the cyclone, several scheduled events went ahead as planned in the weeks following, including the visit to Rockhampton by Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout of the Boy Scout Association, who attended several official events in the city, including a civic reception at City Hall and a Rotary Club luncheon.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Rockhampton
The Communist Party of Australia also attempted to proceed with a scheduled open-air meeting in the city centre on 28 March 1949, which led to the infamous 1949 Rockhampton riot when around 1500 protestors gate-crashed the meeting and showered supporters with various projectiles including rotten eggs, rotten fruit, flour bombs and stink bombs before breaking through police cordons and assaulting party supporters.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Impact, Bundaberg/Maryborough
The cyclone's wind was not felt further south in centres such as Bundaberg and Maryborough, although some trees were uprooted, and some homes damaged, including one in East Bundaberg where a young boy was killed when a tree fell on a family home. Several vessels damaged at Hervey Bay due to rough seas. Damage was also reported at Burnett Heads. Flooding occurred in these areas brought about by the heavy rain associated with the cyclone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Casualties, Injuries
Many non-fatal injuries were reported during the cyclone. Many rescues also took place during and following the cyclone. A family of seven was rescued by police after sheltering under their demolished house at Gavial Siding for two days without food.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Relief Fundraising
The Rockhampton Cyclone Relief Fund was established soon after the cyclone, to assist victims in the City of Rockhampton, Livingstone Shire and Fitzroy Shire areas. By 8 June 1949, a total of £3162 had been raised for the fund. A total of 79 applications totalling of £1466/5/10 in assistance had been authorised while another 225 applications from the relief fund were under consideration.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Relief Fundraising
A variety show was held at the Palais Royal in Rockhampton on 6 April 1949 as a fundraising event, featuring well known Brisbane comedians Buster Fiddes and Mavis Monk. The show had a disappointing crowd with only 270 people attending the event.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Legacy
Following the cyclone, discussions took place regarding how to improve warnings of an approaching cyclone. The Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce criticised the fact that no person in the city had been tasked with the responsibility of warning people of an incoming cyclone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Legacy
There were also calls in the press for homes, businesses and public property in northern and central areas of Queensland to be strengthened to better withstand tropical cyclones that crossed the coast into populated areas.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Legacy
The 1949 Central Queensland cyclone is still remembered by many residents in Rockhampton and Gladstone. However, until Cyclone Marcia struck Rockhampton in 2015, there had been a growing sense of complacency amongst others who had a misguided belief that the city would never be seriously affected by a cyclone.


1949 Central Queensland cyclone, Legacy
The Charlie James Memorial Trophy has been awarded to local Rockhampton tennis players since 1960. It is named after Charles James who was killed during the cyclone.


1949 Cessnock state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Cessnock in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 8 October 1949. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Jack Baddeley (Labor) to accept the position of Chairman of the State Coal Mine Authority.


1949 Cessnock state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Redfern was held on the same day.


1949 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The 1949 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the second edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included ten races: all nine races from the 1948 edition were retained and the Tour de Suisse added. The competition was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi–Ursus who won four of the ten rounds: Milan–San Remo, the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Giro di Lombardia.


1949 Chatham Cup
The 1949 Chatham Cup was the 22nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1949 Chatham Cup
The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Eden (Auckland), Moturoa (New Plymouth), Ohakea, Petone, Technical Old Boys (Christchurch), Northern (Dunedin), and Invercargill Thistle.


1949 Chatham Cup, The 1949 final
The final was played in front of a then-record crowd of 12,000. Interest was high as the local Wellingtonian team was a lower ranked team (in the second division of Wellington football) who had gained a reputation as giant-killers. They went on to win the final 1-0 after having beaten several higher ranked sides in the course of the tournament, including a narrow win over Waterside and a heavy 7-1 thrashing of Wellington Marist. The final is memorable for the magic of the giant-killing performance, which caught the imagination of the local population.


1949 Chatham Cup, The 1949 final
The only goal of the match came in the second half, when Northern keeper Jim Stephenson parried a David McKissock shot directly into the path of Petone forward Wally Hewitt who duly scored. Petone survived a late scare when keeper Ben Savage was required to save a penalty, and the Settlers of Petone held on to win by the solitary goal.


1949 Chatham Cup, Results, North Island Final
Match abandoned after 2 hours and 10 minutes of play due to bad light.


1949 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1949 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its 19th year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 5–4 record.


1949 Chicago Bears season
The 1949 season was the Chicago Bears' 30th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 10–2 record from 1948 and finished with a 9–3 record,  under head coach and owner George Halas, but finished in second place in the NFL Western Division for a third time, missing out on a chance to add more league titles to their trophy case. The Bears were 3–3 at mid-season, then won their final six games.


1949 Chicago Bears season
The Los Angeles Rams (8–2–2) defeated the Bears twice, and won the division title. (Ties were disregarded in winning percentage calculation until 1972.)


1949 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1949 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1949 Chicago Cardinals season was the franchise's 30th season in the National Football League. The Cardinals missed the postseason for the first time since 1946. This season represented the last time the Cardinals beat the Green bay Packers on the road until 2018.


1949 Chicago Cardinals season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1949 Chicago Cubs season
The 1949 Chicago Cubs season was the 78th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 74th in the National League and the 34th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 61–93.


1949 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Chicago Hornets season
The 1949 Chicago Hornets season was their fourth and final season in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 1-13, winning four games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs and the team folded with the league.


1949 Chicago White Sox season
The 1949 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 49th season in the major leagues, and their 50th season overall. They finished with a record 63–91, good enough for 6th place in the American League, 34 games behind the first place New York Yankees.


1949 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
The 1949 White Sox were the last American League team in the 20th century to hit more triples than home runs. The club had 66 triples compared to 43 home runs.


1949 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1949 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1949 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1949 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College during the 1949 college football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1949. They played home games at Chico High School in Chico, California.


1949 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1949 Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach Roy Bohler. Chico State finished the season with a record of two wins, six losses and one tie (2–6–1, 1–2–1 FWC). The Wildcats were outscored by their opponents 83–148 for the season. This was the last season coach Bohler was at the helm. In his eight years, the Wildcats compiled a record of 24–35–5, a .414 winning percentage.


1949 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.


1949 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 6 March 1949. Although the Social Christian Conservative Party received the most votes in the Senate elections, the Liberal Party won the most seats, whilst the Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies.


1949 Chilean parliamentary election, Electoral system
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.


1949 Chilean parliamentary election, Campaign
Having won 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1945 elections, the Communist Party was banned in 1948.


1949 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1949 Cincinnati Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1949 college football season. The Bearcats were led by first-year head coach Sid Gillman and compiled a 7–4 record and were named MAC champions. The Bearcats would win against Toledo in the Glass Bowl.


1949 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1949 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 62–92, 35 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1949 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1949 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1949 Claxton Shield
The 1949 Claxton Shield (at the time known as the 1949 Australian Championship Series) was the tenth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Melbourne, Victoria from 31 July to 7 August, and was won by Victoria for the third time overall, all in successive years. The other participants were South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.


1949 Claxton Shield, Format
The 1949 edition of the Claxton Shield saw a new format introduced. Each of the four teams played a double round-robin schedule, meeting each other team twice. This ensured that each team would be guaranteed to play six games during the tournament. Two competition points were on offer in each game, with the points were awarded as follows:


1949 Claxton Shield, Format
At the end of the round-robin games, if a team had an outright lead over all other teams, they would be declared the champions. If two teams were tied for the lead, they would then play in a championship game on the final day. If the championship game was not required, an Australian team would have been named after the round-robin games to play The Rest as an alternative, however given weather constraints this game was not played.


1949 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1949 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson College in the Southern Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Frank Howard, the team compiled a 4–4–2 record (2–2 against conference opponents), tied for seventh place in the Southern Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 232 to 216. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1949 Clemson Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included wingback Ray Mathews with 487 passing yards and 728 rushing yards and fullback Fred Cone with 55 points scored (9 touchdowns an 1 extra point).


1949 Clemson Tigers football team
Center Gene Moore was the team captain. Fullback Fred Cone and wingback Ray Mathews were selected as first-team players on the 1949 All-Southern Conference football team. Cone, Mathews, and end John Poulos were named to the All-South Carolina football team for 1949.


1949 Cleveland Browns season
The 1949 Cleveland Browns season was the team's fourth and final season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns finished the regular season with a 9–1–2 win–loss–tie record and beat the San Francisco 49ers to win their fourth straight league championship. In the season's sixth game on October 9, 1949, the 49ers stopped the Browns' professional football record unbeaten streak after 29 games. The streak started two years before on October 19, 1947, and included two league championship games and two ties.


1949 Cleveland Browns season
Cleveland made numerous roster moves before the season, adding tackle Derrell Palmer, linebacker Tommy Thompson and defensive back Warren Lahr, all of whom remained with the team for many years afterward. It was clear even before the season began, however, that the AAFC was struggling and might not survive beyond the 1949 season. The regular season was shortened to 12 games and a new system where the top four teams would participate in a two-week playoff was put into place.


1949 Cleveland Browns season
The Browns began the season with a tie against the Buffalo Bills, but won their next four games. Following their loss to the 49ers in the sixth game of the season, the Browns won all but one of their remaining regular-season games, another tie with the Bills. The team finished atop the AAFC standings and faced the Bills in a league semi-final that they won, 31–21. The Browns then beat the 49ers in the championship game, shortly after AAFC and National Football League (NFL) owners agreed to a deal where the Browns, 49ers and Baltimore Colts would merge into the NFL starting in 1950 and the rest of the AAFC teams would cease to exist.


1949 Cleveland Browns season
Browns players including quarterback Otto Graham, end Mac Speedie and linebacker Lou Saban were named to sportswriters' All-Pro lists after the season, while head coach Paul Brown was named AAFC coach of the year by Sporting News. Graham led the league in passing for the third time in a row, while Speedie was the league leader in yards and receptions. Fullback Marion Motley was the AAFC's all-time leading rusher. While the Browns were successful in the AAFC, winning all four of its championships, many people doubted that they could match up against NFL teams. Cleveland went on to win the 1950 NFL championship.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason and roster moves
The Browns finished the 1948 season with a perfect record and defeated the Buffalo Bills to win the AAFC championship for the third time in a row. Head coach Paul Brown made several adjustments before the 1949 season, including bringing in halfback Les Horvath, a former Los Angeles Rams player who had won the Heisman Trophy in 1944. He also signed tackle Derrell Palmer and linebacker Tommy Thompson.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason and roster moves
Palmer, who came in a trade with the New York Yankees and Thompson, a rookie who had played at the College of William & Mary, helped solidify the team's defense for the next five seasons. Defensive back Warren Lahr, who had been signed in 1948 but sat out the season with a broken leg, saw his first play in 1949 and became a star in the defensive secondary for 11 years.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason and roster moves
Even before the season began, signs had emerged that the AAFC was struggling financially. After suffering from poor attendance in the previous season, the Brooklyn Dodgers dissolved and some of its players joined the cross-town New York Yankees as part of a partial merger. Other AAFC teams were allowed to sign players who did not join the Yankees, and the Browns added tackle Joe Spencer. Team owners agreed to several other changes in an attempt to address the league's difficulties.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason and roster moves
The regular-season schedule was reduced from 14 to 12 games, and the Eastern and Western divisions were abandoned in favor of a single set of standings, with the top four teams participating in playoffs to determine the league champion. The team with the better regular-season record had home-field advantage in the playoffs, the first time that happened in professional football history.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason and roster moves
Paul Brown and other AAFC coaches knew the league was unlikely to survive after the 1949 season. AAFC owners had already discussed merging with the National Football League (NFL) the previous year, and most teams in both leagues were losing money. The talks fell apart, however, when the owners could not agree on which of the AAFC's teams would join the NFL. As the league faltered, Brown entertained but ultimately declined offers to leave the Browns and return to Ohio State University, where he had coached in the early 1940s.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries
The Browns held their training camp at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the team had each year since its first season in 1946. Three preseason games were scheduled, against the Chicago Hornets, San Francisco 49ers and New York Yankees.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 1: vs. Chicago Hornets
The Browns began the preseason with a 21–0 win against the Chicago Hornets in Toledo, Ohio. Three plays after Chicago received the opening kickoff, end Dan Edwards fumbled the ball and the Browns recovered. Cleveland then drove to a 28-yard rushing touchdown by quarterback Otto Graham. Ed Sustersic, the Browns' third-string fullback, ran two yards for another touchdown in the second quarter, giving Cleveland a 14–0 lead. Chicago came close to scoring near the end of the first half, driving to Cleveland's two-yard line, but the period ended before the Hornets could score.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 1: vs. Chicago Hornets
Sustersic ran for another touchdown in the third quarter, and the Browns' defense held Chicago scoreless for the remainder of the game. Graham passed for 80 yards, mostly on short throws to end Mac Speedie, who finished with four catches for 34 yards. Halfback Dub Jones was the team's leading rusher, with 50 yards on two carries. The defense held Chicago to 122 total yards of passing and rushing, and Browns defensive halfbacks had four interceptions. Warren Lahr accounted for two of the interceptions. Paul Brown pulled Graham toward the end of the game, and Cliff Lewis and Edgar Jones spent time at quarterback.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Browns faced the San Francisco 49ers, a perennial rival and one of the top teams in the AAFC, in their second preseason game. The 49ers took the lead seven minutes into the first period when Otto Graham attempted a lateral pass that was deflected by tackle Lou Rymkus and rolled backward into the Browns' own end zone. San Francisco end Gail Bruce fell on the ball and scored a touchdown. The 49ers scored again in the second quarter on a long pass from quarterback Frankie Albert to end Alyn Beals, extending their lead to 14–0.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Cleveland came back, however, with a 66-yard drive that included a 46-yard touchdown pass from Graham to Dub Jones. The Browns advanced to the 49ers' 2-yard line in the final minute of the first half, but failed to score because of a fumble recovered by San Francisco. Cleveland scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and took a 21–14 lead; the first was a pass to end Dante Lavelli and the second a 35-yard rush by halfback Ara Parseghian. The score remained that way until the final minute of the fourth quarter, when a touchdown pass from Albert to Johnny Strzykalski tied the game. After the game, Brown said he considered the game a loss and "wasn't at all satisfied" with several players' performances.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Yankees
The Browns faced the New York Yankees in their third and final preseason game. Cleveland scored a touchdown on its first possession, a 53-yard drive that ended with a four-yard scoring rush by Graham. The Yankees' ensuing drive stalled and they punted back to the Browns. Cleveland's Cliff Lewis returned the kick 74 yards to the Yankees' 20-yard line, setting up a second touchdown on a pass from Graham to Lavelli. New York scored a touchdown on its next possession in the first quarter, a long pass from quarterback Don Panciera to end Dan Garza, narrowing Cleveland's lead to 14–7.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Yankees
The Browns, however, added another touchdown in the second quarter, bringing their lead to 21–7 at halftime. Panciera responded with a 50-yard touchdown pass to Lowell Tew in the third quarter and scored again in the fourth, but a fourth Cleveland touchdown in the final period sealed the 28–21 victory for the Browns. Browns tackle and placekicker Lou Groza sat out the game with a pulled leg muscle, and team captain Lou Saban kicked the team's extra points. Marion Motley, the regular starting fullback, played sparingly because of an injury. Graham and Lewis both played at quarterback and amassed 15 completions for 176 yards. The team's halfbacks and fullbacks gained 191 yards.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Browns began the regular season by tying the Buffalo Bills, the team they had beaten to win the 1948 AAFC championship. Cleveland began the scoring in the first quarter with a touchdown pass from Graham to Edgar Jones, but Buffalo tied the score in the second quarter with a touchdown of its own on a rush by Ollie Cline. The Bills then added three touchdowns in the third quarter, two of them on short rushes by quarterback George Ratterman. Down 28–7 entering the fourth quarter, the Browns managed three touchdowns in the period and even the score.


1949 Cleveland Browns season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Buffalo Bills
The first two were passes from Graham to Jones, while the third was a short pass from Graham to Mac Speedie with less than two minutes left in the game to tie the score at 28 points each. Groza, who suffered a pulled leg muscle in the preseason, continued to sit out, and Saban handled the Browns' kicking duties. Graham struggled with his passing early in the game, and Cleveland fumbled numerous times. Punter Horace Gillom fumbled a snap, and halfback Bill Boedeker had two fumbles early in the third quarter.