1941 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1941 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seven of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Carlton (19.10.124).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Monday 16 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,407

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 14.13.97 - 19.10.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 6 . 8 11 . 12 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Carlton 2 . 1 9 . 3 13 . 5 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Margin MELB by 21 CARL by 13 CARL by 5 CARL by 27 CARL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 2 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 White, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Mac ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
20 Dowsley, Harcourt ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 7 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 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