1943 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 7-0-8, P%: 88.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (62)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Don Cordner

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Percy Beames
Vice-Captain(s): Norm Smith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Archibald, George #14 12 R01-R03, R05, R08-R10, R12-R16 3
Beames, Percy #24 14 R01-R09, R12-R16 8
Bradley, Colin #15 9 R06-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 0
Cordner, Denis #17 1 R05 2
Cordner, Don #21 15 R01-R10, R12-R16 2
Cordner, Ted #28 11 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R08, R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 0
Dalton, Johnny #33 2 R06-R07 2
Dean, Harden #38 1 R04 0
Deans, Billy #5 13 R01-R06, R09-R10, R12-R16 6
Deayton, Frank #27 7 R04, R07, R09-R10, R12, R14-R15 2
Doherty, Jack #23 7 R06, R08-R10, R14-R16 0
Dowsing, Roy #2 15 R01-R10, R12-R16 5
Dullard, Adrian #34 8 R01-R08 18
Emselle, Richie #9 4 R01-R03, R10 0
Fanning, Fred #6 15 R01-R10, R12-R16 62
Ferguson, Tom #22 9 R01-R05, R09, R12, R14, R16 7
Gibb, Maurie #10 13 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R15 9
Hart, Ernie #36 1 R05 0
Herbert, Bob #20 14 R02-R10, R12-R16 25
Hewson, Don #8 9 R01-R02, R04-R06, R09-R10, R12-R13 0
Heywood, Doug #25 5 R08-R10, R12-R13 7
Hobba, Ron #26 8 R01-R04, R06-R08, R14 0
Hooper, Don #18 3 R12-R14 3
Irwin, Ron #3 1 R13 0
Levey, Ken #31 10 R05-R09, R12-R16 0
Marshall, Ron #7 2 R13-R14 0
Martin, Bryan #36 2 R07-R08 0
Matthews, Norm #11 2 R01, R03 0
McPherson, Hughie #16 15 R01-R10, R12-R16 8
Minnis, Jack #29 10 R06-R10, R12-R16 5
Molloy, Keith #3 4 R01-R04 0
Mueller, Jack #12 1 R01 4
Newman, Charlie #35 4 R09-R10, R14-R15 0
Rodda, Alby #30 3 R03-R05 2
Scanlan, Bill #18 1 R16 2
Scanlan, Frank #26 4 R05-R07, R16 0
Shadbolt, Ken #1 2 R15-R16 0
Shalless, Ralph #27 3 R14-R16 3
Smith, Norm #4 12 R01-R04, R07-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 11
Stone, Bob #7 2 R02-R03 0
Walsh, Darcy #18 8 R01-R07, R10 0
White, Ron #38 3 R06-R08 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 7 -0- 8 R01-R10, R12-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1943 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 3 Percy Beames Percy Beames
15/05/1943 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 23 Percy Beames Percy Beames
22/05/1943 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 45 Percy Beames Percy Beames
29/05/1943 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 33 Percy Beames Percy Beames
05/06/1943 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 28 Percy Beames Percy Beames
12/06/1943 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 80 Percy Beames Percy Beames
19/06/1943 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 5 Percy Beames Percy Beames
26/06/1943 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Percy Beames Percy Beames
03/07/1943 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 28 Percy Beames Percy Beames
10/07/1943 Round 10 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Percy Beames Norm Smith
Round 11 BYE
31/07/1943 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 80 Percy Beames Percy Beames
07/08/1943 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 79 Percy Beames Percy Beames
14/08/1943 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 50 Percy Beames Percy Beames
21/08/1943 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 24 Percy Beames Percy Beames
28/08/1943 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 12 Percy Beames Percy Beames