1946 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 104.8%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Don Cordner (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (55)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Jack Mueller

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Smith
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Mueller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arnold, Lance #29 4 R04-R05, R08-R09 1
Bell, Des #36 5 R09, R11-R13, R18 2
Bickford, George #16 18 R01, R06-R19, SF, PF, GF 3
Bowman, Gordon #11 19 R03-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF 3
Byfield, Arnold #34 18 R04-R05, R07-R19, SF, PF, GF 10
Conroy, Clem #7 1 R06 0
Copsey, Alf #29 5 R08, R16-R19 0
Cordner, Don #21 22 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF 2
Cordner, Ted #23 19 R02-R12, R15-R19, SF, PF, GF 0
Daly, Gerry #27 3 R05, R07-R08 1
Deans, Billy #5 22 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF 3
Dockett, Len #32 18 R04-R06, R08-R19, SF, PF, GF 4
Dowsing, Roy #2 14 R01-R03, R06-R07, R10-R18 0
Dullard, Adrian #28 11 R01-R02, R13-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF 14
Fanning, Fred #6 20 R01-R07, R09-R13, R15-R19, SF, PF, GF 56
Hall, Ron #14 8 R01-R08 2
Hingston, Dick #32 3 R01-R03 0
Irwin, Ron #3 13 R01-R04, R07-R14, SF 0
Kennedy, Dick #24 4 R06-R08, R10 6
Kennedy, Frank #17 15 R02-R03, R05-R08, R11-R15, R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Lock, Wally #18 15 R01-R04, R11-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF 0
McGrath, Shane #22 20 R01-R06, R09-R19, SF, PF, GF 2
McLean, Col #25 20 R01-R02, R04, R06-R19, SF, PF, GF 0
McMahen, Noel #35 3 R08-R10 0
Mitchell, Jim #37 13 R10-R19, SF, PF, GF 18
Mueller, Jack #12 22 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF 58
O'Rourke, Ernie #27 14 R09-R19, SF, PF, GF 28
Porter, Ivan #9 4 R01, R03, R06-R07 2
Quinn, Jack #15 6 R01-R05, R19 5
Rodda, Alby #30 16 R01-R02, R04-R09, R14-R16, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF 19
Rowarth, Ern #1 7 R04-R07, R09-R10, R19 1
Rowe, Harry #29 1 R07 0
Rule, Stan #31 18 R03-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Scanlan, Bill #19 7 R01-R03, R05, R14-R15, R19 2
Shalless, Ralph #26 1 R05 0
Smith, Norm #4 19 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 33
Stabb, Roy #8 9 R01-R04, R08-R09, R17, PF, GF 0
Wilson, Norm #20 3 R01-R03 9

Team Line-Up

Back: Ron Hall Shane McGrath Dick Hingston
Half-Back: Col McLean Ron Irwin Wally Lock
Centre: Roy Stabb Norm Smith Roy Dowsing
Half-Forward: George Bickford Adrian Dullard Billy Deans
Forward: Jack Mueller Norm Wilson Jack Quinn
Follower: Don Cordner Fred Fanning Alby Rodda
Interchange: Ivan Porter Bill Scanlan

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)
Hughes, Frank 22 15 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1946 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 46 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
27/04/1946 Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
04/05/1946 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 56 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
11/05/1946 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 13 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
18/05/1946 Round 5 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 61 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
25/05/1946 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 15 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
01/06/1946 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 56 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
08/06/1946 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 29 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
15/06/1946 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
22/06/1946 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
06/07/1946 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 22 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
13/07/1946 Round 12 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 43 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
20/07/1946 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 17 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
27/07/1946 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
03/08/1946 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 11 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
10/08/1946 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 21 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
17/08/1946 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 37 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
24/08/1946 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 4 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
31/08/1946 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 37 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
07/09/1946 Semi Final Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 18 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
28/09/1946 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
05/10/1946 Grand Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 63 Frank Hughes Norm Smith