1944 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1944 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. In the absence of Pat Fricker, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the visitors with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (11.17.83) were defeated by Collingwood (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.17.83 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Collingwood 5 . 1 10 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin COLL by 16 COLL by 29 COLL by 5 COLL by 19 COLL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 3 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
29 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Galbally, Bob ? ? 4 ?
6 Hibbert, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Negri, Des ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 1 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
20 Nilson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 5 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 ?
4 Ryan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Synon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 1 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

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