1948 Round 1: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, April 17th, 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,664
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.5.77 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin MEL by 7 ESS by 15 ESS by 1 ESS by 19 ESS by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Frank Hughes (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Don Cordner (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Frank Spokes
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
33 Bell, Des ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 2 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 13 18

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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