1948 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 124.9%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Alby Rodda (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lance Arnold (37)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Alby Rodda

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don Cordner
Vice-Captain(s): Shane McGrath

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arnold, Lance #29 22 R01-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 41
Bell, Des #33 1 R01 1
Bickford, George #16 23 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 2
Bowman, Gordon #11 11 R02, R05-R07, R13-R16, PF, GF, GF(R) 1
Collins, Geoff #3 7 R04, R13, R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 3
Cordner, Denis #1 2 GF, GF(R) 0
Cordner, Don #21 23 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Cox, Colin #26 2 R13, R15 2
Craddock, Eddie #6 11 R13-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 18
Crawley, Les #9 4 R17-R19, SF 0
Deans, Billy #5 23 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Dockett, Len #32 22 R01-R15, R17-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 8
Dullard, Adrian #28 23 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 31
Hanna, Frank #24 14 R01, R03-R15 3
Hardie, Dave #23 5 R08-R10, R14-R15 3
Heywood, Doug #8 2 PF, GF 0
Jackson, Eddie #7 13 R01-R03, R09-R12, R16-R19, GF, GF(R) 3
Lock, Wally #18 18 R01-R04, R06-R17, R19, SF 0
Lourey, Greg #17 5 R10-R14 1
McGowan, Allan #33 4 R18-R19, SF, PF 1
McGrath, Shane #22 22 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 1
McKenzie, Bob #2 19 R01-R12, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF(R) 39
McLean, Col #25 22 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
McMahen, Noel #35 17 R07-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 15
Mitchell, Jim #1 12 R01-R12 7
Mueller, Jack #12 5 R13-R14, PF, GF, GF(R) 28
O'Connor, Frank #15 7 R01, R03-R07, R15 7
O'Rourke, Ernie #27 10 R03-R08, R15-R18 5
Robinson, Russ #20 6 R02-R05, R09, R15 1
Rodda, Alby #30 21 R01-R17, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 23
Roscoe, Eric #14 12 R01-R02, R08-R12, R14, R16-R19 11
Rule, Stan #31 19 R01-R06, R08, R10-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 1
Scanlan, Bill #19 6 R02-R03, R08-R09, R11, R15 1
Scanlan, Frank #34 12 R01-R07, R16-R19, SF 5
Smith, Norm #4 13 R05-R07, R12-R13, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 35
Spittle, Max #13 22 R01-R02, R04-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Billy Deans Shane McGrath Stan Rule
Half-Back: Col McLean Denis Cordner Geoff Collins
Centre: Max Spittle George Bickford Len Dockett
Half-Forward: Doug Heywood Lance Arnold Noel McMahen
Forward: Jack Mueller Norm Smith Eddie Craddock
Follower: Don Cordner Adrian Dullard Alby Rodda
Interchange: Gordon Bowman Eddie Jackson

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 23 15 -1- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 19 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
24/04/1948 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 31 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
01/05/1948 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 38 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
08/05/1948 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
15/05/1948 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 45 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
22/05/1948 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 46 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
29/05/1948 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 51 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
05/06/1948 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 7 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
14/06/1948 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 7 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
19/06/1948 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 41 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
03/07/1948 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 14 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
10/07/1948 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
17/07/1948 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 105 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
24/07/1948 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 36 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
07/08/1948 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 62 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
14/08/1948 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 32 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
21/08/1948 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 49 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
28/08/1948 Round 18 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
04/09/1948 Round 19 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 30 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
18/09/1948 Semi Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 36 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
25/09/1948 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 65 Frank Hughes Don Cordner
02/10/1948 Grand Final Essendon AWAY DRAW drawn Frank Hughes Don Cordner
09/10/1948 Grand Final (R) Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Don Cordner