1949 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-7, P%: 113.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Don Cordner (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob McKenzie (40)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Len Dockett

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 17 R01-R16, R18 29
Bickford, George #16 17 R01-R02, R05-R19 2
Bowman, Gordon #11 4 R04-R06, R14 0
Carlon, Ken #23 16 R03-R17, R19 4
Chadwick, Bob #4 2 R13-R14 0
Collins, Geoff #3 17 R01-R04, R07-R19 0
Cordner, Denis #1 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 8
Cordner, Don #21 19 R01-R19 1
Cox, Colin #9 1 R02 0
Craddock, Eddie #6 11 R01-R04, R09-R14, R16 18
Deans, Billy #5 19 R01-R19 1
Dockett, Len #32 18 R01-R05, R07-R19 2
Dorgan, Jack #17 3 R06-R08 0
Dullard, Adrian #28 18 R01-R18 35
Hanna, Frank #24 5 R01, R03-R05, R08 0
Harvey, Ray #9 2 R17-R18 3
Heywood, Doug #8 6 R01, R12-R15, R19 4
Jackson, Eddie #7 15 R05-R19 0
Jones, Ray #29 1 R05 0
Lock, Wally #18 4 R15-R17, R19 1
Love, Colin #19 4 R16-R19 8
McGowan, Allan #20 8 R01, R04-R07, R09-R10, R12 2
McGrath, Shane #22 15 R01-R02, R05-R12, R14-R16, R18-R19 0
McKenzie, Bob #2 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 40
McLean, Col #25 19 R01-R19 0
McMahen, Noel #35 7 R01-R04, R13-R15 3
Mueller, Jack #12 4 R06, R11-R12, R19 9
Rodda, Alby #30 19 R01-R19 15
Rollason, Ken #27 6 R02-R04, R13, R17-R18 0
Roscoe, Eric #14 5 R01-R05 0
Rule, Stan #31 16 R01-R03, R06-R13, R15-R19 5
Shaw, Jim #34 3 R06-R08 2
Spittle, Max #13 10 R01-R06, R09-R11, R18 0
Stone, Bob #36 3 R02-R04 0
Thomson, Jack #33 2 R17, R19 2
Toyne, Len #15 12 R07-R11, R13-R19 18
Woods, Mike #37 16 R03, R05-R19 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)
La Fontaine, Allan 19 12 -0- 7 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1949 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 62 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
23/04/1949 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
30/04/1949 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 52 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
07/05/1949 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
14/05/1949 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 2 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
21/05/1949 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 24 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
28/05/1949 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
04/06/1949 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 11 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
13/06/1949 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 22 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
18/06/1949 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 8 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
02/07/1949 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 38 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
09/07/1949 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 3 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
16/07/1949 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
23/07/1949 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 2 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
30/07/1949 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 14 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
06/08/1949 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 6 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
13/08/1949 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 54 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
20/08/1949 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner
27/08/1949 Round 19 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 26 Allan La Fontaine Don Cordner