1944 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1944 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round six of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Pat Fricker captained the hosts with Alan Williams as vice-captain. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Collingwood (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin MELB by 20 COLL by 2 MELB by 3 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 4 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Galbally, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 2 ?
21 Mears, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Stabb, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 1 ?
31 Synon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Tibballs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 9 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 3 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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