1949 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-5, P%: 119.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Dynon, Les Foote (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jock Spencer (57)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Les Foote

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Les Foote

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Ron #23 1 R04 0
Baglin, Lindsay #17 5 R09-R11, R13, R19 2
Bradford, Jim #15 9 R01-R09 8
Brooker, Bob #28 4 R18-R19, SF, PF 5
Condon, Don #16 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 49
Crawford, Alan #12 5 R01, R16-R18, PF 0
Dynon, Kevin #2 17 R02-R13, R16, R18-R19, SF, PF 18
Eliason, Roy #36 3 R08, R11, R13 0
Foote, Les #1 18 R01-R07, R10-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 21
Francis, Leo #13 13 R01, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 1
Hedley, Jack #27 10 R02, R04-R06, R08-R10, R14-R15, R18 3
Jarrard, Ted #4 17 R01-R03, R05-R16, SF, PF 2
Jeeves, Frank #9 12 R01-R12 7
Johnson, Doug #19 4 R02-R04, R13 0
Kelly, Pat #22 15 R03-R04, R07, R10-R19, SF, PF 2
Kokkin, George #14 8 R12-R15, R17-R19, PF 0
Larsen, Ted #33 7 R12-R17, SF 0
Lawrence, Vic #28 8 R03-R10 0
Lineen, Jock #25 20 R01-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 0
Malone, Jim #11 14 R01, R03, R05-R09, R14-R15, R17-R19, SF, PF 2
Marchesi, Gerald #3 18 R01-R02, R06-R19, SF, PF 8
McCorkell, Jock #18 20 R01-R13, R15-R19, SF, PF 0
McKenzie, Keith #20 19 R01-R12, R14, R16-R19, SF, PF 1
McMahon, Kevin #15 1 R13 0
Mogg, Les #23 4 R12-R15 1
O'Brien, Dally #28 1 R01 2
O'Rourke, Ernie #26 9 R01-R09 6
Parkes, Eric #29 12 R01-R08, R14-R17 0
Radloff, Stan #10 19 R01-R02, R04-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF 3
Reeves, John #6 20 R01-R03, R05-R19, SF, PF 6
Reeves, Les #24 17 R01-R11, R16-R19, SF, PF 0
Robb, Tim #5 10 R11-R19, SF 13
Ryan, Reg #35 17 R01-R05, R10-R19, SF, PF 0
Shipp, Laurie #30 20 R02-R19, SF, PF 2
Spencer, Jock #7 20 R01-R17, R19, SF, PF 65
Thornton, Col #32 2 R13, R15 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)
Carter, Wally 21 14 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1949 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 50 Wally Carter Les Foote
23/04/1949 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 19 Wally Carter Les Foote
30/04/1949 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 33 Wally Carter Les Foote
07/05/1949 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 36 Wally Carter Les Foote
14/05/1949 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 2 Wally Carter Les Foote
21/05/1949 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 22 Wally Carter Les Foote
28/05/1949 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 6 Wally Carter Les Foote
04/06/1949 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 Wally Carter unknown
13/06/1949 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 29 Wally Carter unknown
18/06/1949 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 88 Wally Carter Les Foote
02/07/1949 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 9 Wally Carter Les Foote
09/07/1949 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 17 Wally Carter Les Foote
16/07/1949 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 21 Wally Carter unknown
23/07/1949 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 41 Wally Carter Les Foote
30/07/1949 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter Les Foote
06/08/1949 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 6 Wally Carter Les Foote
13/08/1949 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 18 Wally Carter Les Foote
20/08/1949 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 26 Wally Carter Les Foote
27/08/1949 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN NOR by 56 Wally Carter Les Foote
10/09/1949 Semi Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 12 Wally Carter Les Foote
17/09/1949 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Wally Carter Les Foote