1944 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1944 between Melbourne and Carlton during round three of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Bob Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (12.5.77) were defeated by Carlton (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 12.5.77 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 9 . 2 9 . 2 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Carlton 4 . 3 4 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin CARL by 15 MELB by 28 CARL by 5 CARL by 15 CARL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
27 Galbraith, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Gibbs, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
37 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 2 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 5

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 1 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Boys, Ron ? ? 1 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 4 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 2 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 1 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

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