1948 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-11, P%: 83.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Dally O'Brien (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Don Condon (38)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Dally O'Brien

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Les Foote

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Ron #23 12 R05, R07-R10, R13-R19 4
Carroll, Chris #3 5 R01-R04, R06 0
Condon, Don #16 18 R01-R04, R06-R19 38
Crawford, Alan #12 12 R02-R04, R09, R12-R19 9
Crump, Alf 3 R10-R12 1
Curtin, Claude #10 4 R01, R05-R07 7
Dynon, Kevin #2 17 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16-R19 16
Eliason, Roy #36 2 R13-R14 0
Foote, Les #1 13 R01-R02, R04, R08, R10-R17, R19 13
Francis, Leo #13 16 R01, R03-R17 2
Harvey, Bill 2 R12, R19 0
Hedley, Jack #27 10 R03-R09, R11, R16-R17 5
Jarrard, Ted #4 13 R01-R06, R08-R12, R17-R18 0
Jeeves, Frank #9 14 R01-R03, R05, R10-R19 10
Johnson, Doug #19 16 R04-R19 3
Kelly, Pat #22 8 R01-R02, R07-R12 2
Kennedy, George #31 1 R02 0
Kuhl, Jim #14 3 R01, R05-R06 0
Larsen, Ted #33 14 R01-R07, R09-R11, R16-R19 0
Lawrence, Vic #34 4 R05, R07-R09 1
Lyons, Jack #15 7 R01-R03, R11, R13-R15 0
Maas, Allan #5 4 R01-R02, R06-R07 0
Maddocks, Dick #21 5 R02-R05, R07 3
Malone, Jim #11 15 R03-R10, R12, R14-R19 0
Marchesi, Gerald #36 4 R15-R18 0
McCorkell, Jock #18 19 R01-R19 0
McKenzie, Keith #20 16 R01-R11, R14, R16-R19 2
Murray, Sel #29 6 R06-R10, R13 9
O'Brien, Dally #28 17 R01-R16, R18 10
Radloff, Stan #10 7 R13-R19 1
Reeves, John #24 19 R01-R19 7
Reeves, Les #24 16 R01, R03-R12, R15-R19 0
Ryan, Reg #35 11 R08-R18 0
Spencer, Jock #7 15 R02-R14, R18-R19 32
Stibbard, Neville #30 5 R01, R04, R15, R18-R19 1
Thornton, Col #32 10 R03, R05-R06, R13-R19 3
Upton, Lionel #5 5 R02, R12-R13, R15, R19 1
Walsh, Terry #8 10 R01-R04, R07-R08, R11-R14 3
Yea, Gordon #17 2 R15, R19 2

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)
Carter, Wally 19 8 -0- 11 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 Wally Carter Les Foote
24/04/1948 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 39 Wally Carter Les Foote
01/05/1948 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 23 Wally Carter unknown
08/05/1948 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 24 Wally Carter Les Foote
15/05/1948 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 45 Wally Carter unknown
22/05/1948 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 24 Wally Carter unknown
29/05/1948 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 24 Wally Carter unknown
05/06/1948 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 15 Wally Carter Les Foote
12/06/1948 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 54 Wally Carter unknown
19/06/1948 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 20 Wally Carter Les Foote
03/07/1948 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 11 Wally Carter Les Foote
10/07/1948 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 56 Wally Carter Les Foote
17/07/1948 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 7 Wally Carter Les Foote
24/07/1948 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 2 Wally Carter Les Foote
31/07/1948 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 27 Wally Carter Les Foote
14/08/1948 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 32 Wally Carter Les Foote
21/08/1948 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter Les Foote
28/08/1948 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 14 Wally Carter unknown
04/09/1948 Round 19 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 53 Wally Carter Les Foote