1941 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1941 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round nine of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Bill Findlay captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (17.14.116) were defeated by Melbourne (20.9.129).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 17.14.116 - 20.9.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Melbourne 9 . 2 13 . 5 16 . 8 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Margin MELB by 40 MELB by 41 MELB by 33 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Allister, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Howell, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 3 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 5 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 1 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
27 Reid, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Spratling, Col ? ? 0 ?
17 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 4 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
33 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 8 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 9

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