1931 VFL Season Round 8: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1931 between Carlton and Melbourne during round eight of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Colin Martyn captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Carlton (18.14.122) defeated Melbourne (9.4.58).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 June 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 9.4.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 1 8 . 10 12 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Melbourne 5 . 1 5 . 1 8 . 4 9 . 4 9 . 4 (58)
Margin MELB by 18 CARL by 27 CARL by 31 CARL by 64 CARL by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Colin Martyn
Coach: Dan Minogue

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tommy Downs CARL 3 3
Jimmy Davidson MELB 29 2
Harry Vallence CARL 22 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Allen, Les ? ? 3 ?
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 3 ?
23 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Downs, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
27 Egan, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Martyn, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
32 O'Rourke, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 6 ?
29 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 3 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 1 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 4

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