1944 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1944 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League.
Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval.
Percy Beames captained the hosts.
Jim Bohan captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Tommy Lahiff.
Melbourne (14.27.111) defeated Hawthorn (6.13.49).
Match Details
Season:
1944 VFL Season
Round:
Round 18
Teams:
Melbourne
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Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 2 September 1944
Time:
2:45 PM
Venue:
Punt Road Oval
Attendance:
4,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 4 | . | 11 | 10 | . | 16 | 11 | . | 26 | 14 | . | 27 | 14 | . | 27 | (111) |
| Hawthorn | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 7 | 3 | . | 11 | 6 | . | 13 | 6 | . | 13 | (49) |
| Margin | MELB by 26 | MELB by 63 | MELB by 63 | MELB by 62 | MELB by 62 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Melbourne
Captain: Percy BeamesCoach: Percy Beames
Hawthorn
Captain: Jim BohanCoach: Tommy Lahiff
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 24 | Beames, Percy (c) | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 21 | Cordner, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Deans, Billy | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 36 | Downey, Es | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Dowsing, Roy | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 6 | Fanning, Fred | ? | ? | 6 | ? |
| 20 | Herbert, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 26 | Heywood, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 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 | ? |
| 20 | New, Harry | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Newman, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Scanlan, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Smith, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (19 players) | 14 | 27 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 4 | Angwin, Andrew | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Baldwin, Roy | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Blackman, Jack | HBFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Bohan, Jim (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Brannan, Andy | FPR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 11 | Carmody, Jack | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Culpitt, Wally | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Hamilton, Stuart | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Jensen, Allan | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | King, Jack | FF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 20 | Lippiatt, Ken | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | O'Keefe, Jack | FPL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Peters, Laurie | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Prior, Albert | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Rogers, Bert | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Slater, Ken | RU↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Spear, Tom | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Wilks, Don | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Worrall, Malcolm | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (19 players) | 6 | 13 | |||
A. Angwin replaced K. Slater during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Percy Beames | ||||||||||||||
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| 21 | D. Wilks | 25 | L. Peters | 22 | S. Hamilton |
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| 20 | K. Lippiatt | 24 | A. Prior | 17 | J. Blackman |
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| 23 | M. Worrall | 15 | J. Bohan (c) | 18 | R. Baldwin |
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| CENTRE | 29 | B. Rogers | 4 | A. Angwin | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 1 | K. Slater |
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| 26 | T. Spear | 2 | W. Culpitt | 11 | J. Carmody | 5 | A. Jensen |
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| 8 | J. O'Keefe | 9 | J. King | 3 | A. Brannan |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: Tommy Lahiff | ||||||||||||||