1926 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1926 between Carlton and Melbourne during round two of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ray Brew captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ray Brew and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Carlton (9.15.69) defeated Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 9.15.69 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 2 3 . 8 4 . 8 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 4 8 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 1 CARL by 4 MELB by 24 CARL by 11 CARL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ray Brew
Coach: Ray Brew

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Goal Umpires

S. Rouvray

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Blackmore, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
26 Brew, Ray (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Clover, Horrie ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Donoghue, Frank ? ? 1 ?
32 Duncan, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Dunn, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
21 Irwin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Koop, Bill ? ? 1 ?
28 McAlpine, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 McPherson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 McSwain, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Morrissey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Mutch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Outram, Percy ? ? 2 ?
17 Robertson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
33 Watson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
25 Cannan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 3 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Lawrence, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 O'Brien, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Pie, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 10

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