1908 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1908 between Melbourne and Carlton during round two of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Hugh Purse captained the hosts. Fred Elliott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (6.8.44) were defeated by Carlton (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 9 May 1908
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 6.8.44 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 3 9 . 4 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 25 CARL by 19 CARL by 18 CARL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hugh Purse
Coach: Alec Hall

Carlton

Captain: Fred Elliott
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Hastings

Boundary Umpires

R. Bain
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Baquie, Jack RO ? 0 ?
Conquest, Jim HFFL ? 1 ?
Coutie, Vin FF ? 2 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim RU ? 1 ?
Gillespie, Bill FPR ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank HBFL ? 0 ?
Jones, Alf CHF ? 1 ?
McCart, George BPR ? 0 ?
Mills, Paddy HBFR ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby BPL ? 0 ?
Nolan, Bernie RU ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe FB ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Rigby, Harry WR ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack FPL ? 1 ?
Sykes, Wally C ? 0 ?
Tottey, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
Wright, Henry WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beck, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Bruce, George WR ? 0 ?
Caine, Frank HFFL ? 0 ?
Clark, Norm BPR ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred (c) RO ? 0 ?
Gardiner, Vin FPR ? 0 ?
Gillespie, Doug FB ? 0 ?
Gotz, Martin HBFR ? 0 ?
Hammond, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Jinks, Fred HBFL ? 0 ?
Johnson, George RU ? 1 ?
Kelly, Ernie FPL ? 3 ?
Kelly, Harvey CHF ? 3 ?
Kennedy, Ted WL ? 0 ?
Lang, Alex HFFR ? 0 ?
McGregor, Rod C ? 1 ?
Payne, Billy CHB ? 0 ?
Topping, George FF ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Alec Hall
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
L. Beck D. Gillespie N. Clark J. Fitzpatrick

B. Gillespie V. Coutie J. Smith B. Nolan

FORWARD J. Baquie

HALF-BACK



F. Jinks B. Payne M. Gotz



B. Tottey A. Jones J. Conquest



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



T. Kennedy R. McGregor G. Bruce



H. Rigby W. Sykes H. Wright FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE C. Hammond

HALF-FORWARD G. Johnson

F. Caine H. Kelly A. Lang F. Elliott (c)

P. Mills H. Purse (c) F. Harris



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



E. Kelly G. Topping V. Gardiner



G. McCart J. Pearce B. Monk



BACK



Carlton Coach: Jack Worrall

Score Timeline

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