1944 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 102.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 46
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (87)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Norm Smith

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 16 R01-R03, R05-R17 2
Beames, Percy #24 18 R01-R18 17
Bencraft, Neil #34 2 R14-R15 3
Bennett, Lloyd #19 9 R05, R08-R11, R13-R16 4
Bizzaca, Tony #22 2 R10-R11 1
Bradley, Colin #15 3 R04-R06 0
Bush, Tom #5 1 R04 0
Compton, Jack #1 3 R07-R09 2
Conroy, Clem #7 2 R01-R02 0
Cordner, Don #21 18 R01-R18 2
Crimmins, Bryan #37 1 R12 0
Deans, Billy #5 18 R01-R18 4
Doherty, Jack #23 2 R06-R07 0
Downey, Es #36 16 R03-R18 7
Dowsing, Roy #2 14 R01, R06-R18 6
Fanning, Fred #6 14 R01-R11, R16-R18 87
Galbraith, Col #27 4 R01-R04 0
Gibbs, Les #31 1 R03 0
Hall, Ron 3 R13-R15 0
Herbert, Bob #20 13 R01, R04, R06-R08, R10-R15, R17-R18 13
Hewson, Don 1 R07 0
Heywood, Doug #26 16 R02-R03, R05-R18 8
Irwin, Ron #3 18 R01-R18 0
Kennedy, Frank #39 6 R01-R03, R16-R18 4
Kimberley, Ron #1 2 R01-R02 0
Kramer, Gordon #10 9 R04-R07, R09, R15-R18 1
Levey, Ken #29 7 R02, R13-R18 0
Lewis, Warren #33 4 R12-R14, R16 3
Maher, Jack #37 4 R01-R04 2
Matthews, Norm #11 4 R02-R05 1
McGrath, Frank #33 2 R01, R03 1
McGrath, Shane #22 2 R17-R18 0
McLean, Col #25 18 R01-R18 0
McPherson, Hughie #16 11 R01-R10, R12 6
Minnis, Jack #32 12 R03-R05, R07-R13, R17-R18 1
Mueller, Jack #12 5 R08-R12 6
New, Harry #20 1 R18 0
Newman, Charlie #35 7 R01, R13-R18 0
Porter, Ivan #9 2 R10-R11 3
Ryan, Jim 1 R16 0
Scanlan, Bill #38 10 R05-R06, R11-R18 12
Scanlan, Frank #13 3 R08-R09, R12 0
Smith, Norm #4 18 R01-R18 3
Stock, Jack #39 9 R06-R08, R10-R15 0
Taylor, Percy #28 7 R01-R06, R09 17
Walsh, Darcy #18 3 R02, R04-R05 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 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 40 Percy Beames Percy Beames
13/05/1944 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 Percy Beames Percy Beames
20/05/1944 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 15 Percy Beames Percy Beames
27/05/1944 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 73 Percy Beames Percy Beames
03/06/1944 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 13 Percy Beames Percy Beames
10/06/1944 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 30 Percy Beames Percy Beames
17/06/1944 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 28 Percy Beames Percy Beames
24/06/1944 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 25 Percy Beames Percy Beames
01/07/1944 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 2 Percy Beames Percy Beames
08/07/1944 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 3 Percy Beames Percy Beames
15/07/1944 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 105 Percy Beames Percy Beames
22/07/1944 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 41 Percy Beames Percy Beames
29/07/1944 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 20 Percy Beames Percy Beames
05/08/1944 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Percy Beames Percy Beames
12/08/1944 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 13 Percy Beames Percy Beames
19/08/1944 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 39 Percy Beames Percy Beames
26/08/1944 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 Percy Beames Percy Beames
02/09/1944 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 62 Percy Beames Percy Beames