1942 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 5-0-10, P%: 85.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (37)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Allan La Fontaine

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Percy Beames
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Mueller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Archibald, George #14 11 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R13 0
Baggott, Ron #15 7 R01-R02, R04-R05, R10, R12-R13 19
Beames, Percy #24 14 R01-R08, R11-R16 28
Bradley, Colin #29 4 R12-R15 0
Bush, Tom #5 4 R03, R14-R16 2
Cordner, Don #21 12 R01-R08, R13-R16 2
Cordner, Ted #28 11 R05-R08, R10-R16 0
Deans, Billy 4 R13-R16 3
Deayton, Frank #27 10 R01-R04, R10-R12, R14-R16 0
Dowsing, Roy #2 15 R01-R08, R10-R16 2
Dullard, Adrian #34 8 R01-R08 7
Emselle, Richie #9 13 R03-R08, R10-R16 2
Fanning, Fred #6 15 R01-R08, R10-R16 37
Ferguson, Tom #16 5 R03-R06, R11 1
Franklin, Arthur #22 3 R03, R05, R10 2
Gibb, Maurie #10 14 R01-R08, R10, R12-R16 4
Gibbs, Les #31 9 R06-R08, R10-R13, R15-R16 4
Heal, Jack #7 3 R10-R12 1
Helmer, Clyde 2 R15-R16 3
Hewson, Don #8 8 R01-R03, R05-R08, R15 0
Kramer, Gordon #7 2 R06, R08 0
La Fontaine, Allan #17 12 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R13, R16 5
Lenne, George #13 13 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R14, R16 0
Martin, Bryan #36 3 R03, R14-R15 0
Matthews, Norm #11 8 R01-R07, R10 0
McDonald, Jim 1 R08 0
McPherson, Hughie #25 9 R04-R08, R10-R13 0
Minnis, Jack 3 R14-R16 0
Mueller, Jack #12 13 R01-R08, R10-R13, R16 26
Neenan, Bernie #22 1 R07 2
O'Keefe, Jack #29 5 R01-R05 2
Powell, Danny #35 7 R03, R06-R08, R10-R11, R14 6
Rodda, Alby #30 8 R04-R05, R11-R16 9
Shearer, Ray #19 2 R01-R02 0
Smith, Norm #4 10 R01-R02, R04, R10-R16 30
Spargo, Bob #3 2 R02-R03 0
Stone, Bob #32 3 R07-R08, R14 0
Truscott, Keith #1 1 R02 1
Walsh, Darcy #18 7 R01, R11-R16 0
Wartman, Ray #23 1 R01 0
Wood, Ted #20 2 R10-R11 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Beames, Percy 15 5 -0- 10 R01-R08, R10-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
09/05/1942 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 54 Percy Beames Percy Beames
16/05/1942 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 79 Percy Beames Percy Beames
23/05/1942 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 56 Percy Beames Percy Beames
30/05/1942 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 46 Percy Beames Percy Beames
06/06/1942 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 33 Percy Beames Percy Beames
13/06/1942 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 44 Percy Beames Percy Beames
20/06/1942 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Percy Beames Percy Beames
27/06/1942 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 25 Percy Beames Percy Beames
Round 9 BYE
11/07/1942 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 Percy Beames Jack Mueller
18/07/1942 Round 11 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 31 Percy Beames Percy Beames
25/07/1942 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 20 Percy Beames Percy Beames
01/08/1942 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 25 Percy Beames Percy Beames
08/08/1942 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 17 Percy Beames Percy Beames
15/08/1942 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 61 Percy Beames Percy Beames
22/08/1942 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 16 Percy Beames Percy Beames