1944 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1944 between Melbourne and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

Melbourne (8.21.69) defeated Geelong (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 4,500

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 8.21.69 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 4 . 9 4 . 15 8 . 21 8 . 21 (69)
Geelong 1 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 9 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Bencraft, Neil ? ? 1 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
29 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 5 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Atkin, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
26 Barrett, Gerard ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 1 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 1 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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

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