1944 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1944 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round seven of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

North Melbourne (15.20.110) defeated Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 12 8 . 17 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin NMLB by 7 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 3 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 4 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 2 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Watkins, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Compton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 8 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 10

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