1944 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1944 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round one of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Pat Fricker captained the visitors with Alan Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

North Melbourne (9.11.65) were defeated by Collingwood (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.11.65 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 7 8 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Collingwood 6 . 4 6 . 8 11 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin COLL by 31 NMLB by 5 COLL by 23 COLL by 36 COLL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Collingwood

Captain: Pat Fricker
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Boundary Umpires

J. Lee

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
9 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstone, Phil ? ? 3 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hunter, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 1 ?
36 Wilson, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arnott, Jack ? ? 4 ?
4 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 2 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Noonan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

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