1909 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1909 between Melbourne and Carlton during round five of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Bernie Nolan captained the hosts. Fred Elliott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (8.9.57) were defeated by Carlton (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 May 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,573

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 8.9.57 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Carlton 3 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin CARL by 7 MELB by 7 CARL by 4 CARL by 23 CARL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bernie Nolan
Coach: Alec Hall

Carlton

Captain: Fred Elliott
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Boyle

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brereton, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 4 ?
Fischer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Flintoft, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hewitt, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Hodgkins, Joe ? ? 1 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
Norman, Len ? ? 1 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beck, Les ? ? 0 ?
Bruce, George ? ? 0 ?
Caine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
Clark, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
Ford, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Gillespie, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Gotz, Martin ? ? 1 ?
Hammond, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Johnson, George ? ? 0 ?
Kelly, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
Kennedy, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Lang, Alex ? ? 4 ?
McGregor, Rod ? ? 0 ?
Pattison, Andy ? ? 1 ?
Payne, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Renwick, George ? ? 0 ?
Topping, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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