1941 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1941 between Melbourne and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Tom Arklay captained the visitors with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Len Metherell.

Melbourne (19.14.128) defeated Geelong (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 6,669

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 19.14.128 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 7 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 11 7 . 16 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin GEEL by 14 MELB by 6 MELB by 21 MELB by 56 MELB by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Tom Arklay
Vice-Captain: Joe Sellwood
Coach: Len Metherell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 1 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
9 Nicolson, Max ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 3 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 18

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