1947 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 11-0-8, P%: 117.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Don Cordner (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (97)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Wally Lock

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 19 R01-R19 13
Bell, Des #33 1 R14 1
Bickford, George #16 12 R01-R11, R13 2
Bowman, Gordon #11 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R11-R13, R16-R18 2
Cordner, Don #21 19 R01-R19 1
Craddock, Eddie #9 1 R14 1
Deans, Billy #5 19 R01-R19 1
Dockett, Len #32 17 R01-R12, R14, R16-R19 7
Dullard, Adrian #28 19 R01-R19 21
Fanning, Fred #6 16 R01, R04-R15, R17-R19 97
Furniss, Jack #14 2 R10-R11 0
Hall, Ron #14 4 R01, R04-R06 0
Hanna, Frank #24 11 R02-R08, R12-R15 0
Hardie, Dave 2 R18-R19 0
Irwin, Ron #3 3 R01-R03 0
Jackson, Eddie #7 15 R03-R08, R11-R19 0
Kennedy, Frank #17 5 R09-R10, R14, R18-R19 0
Lock, Wally #18 18 R01-R17, R19 0
McGrath, Shane #22 17 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17-R19 0
McLean, Col #25 18 R01-R17, R19 0
McMahen, Noel #35 19 R01-R19 6
Mitchell, Jim #37 17 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13-R19 8
Mueller, Jack #12 17 R02-R03, R05-R19 18
Newman, Dave #2 4 R08-R09, R12-R13 1
O'Connor, Frank #15 17 R01-R12, R15-R19 22
O'Rourke, Ernie #27 3 R04, R13, R15 1
Robinson, Russ #20 1 R08 0
Rodda, Alby #30 18 R01-R18 23
Rowarth, Ern #33 2 R01, R09 1
Rule, Stan #31 4 R16-R19 0
Scanlan, Bill #19 13 R02-R04, R07-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 1
Scanlan, Frank #34 14 R04-R07, R10-R19 8
Smith, Norm #4 9 R01-R03, R09-R11, R15-R16, R19 15
Spittle, Max #13 6 R14-R19 0
Stabb, Roy #8 6 R01-R03, R12-R13, R16 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)
Hughes, Frank 19 11 -0- 8 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 13 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
26/04/1947 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 36 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
03/05/1947 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 9 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
10/05/1947 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 48 Frank Hughes unknown
17/05/1947 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 25 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
24/05/1947 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
31/05/1947 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 7 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
07/06/1947 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 62 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
14/06/1947 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 21 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
21/06/1947 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
28/06/1947 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
05/07/1947 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 5 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
12/07/1947 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 61 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
19/07/1947 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 22 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
26/07/1947 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 9 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
09/08/1947 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
16/08/1947 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
23/08/1947 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 75 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
30/08/1947 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 93 Frank Hughes Norm Smith