1946 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1946 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jack Grant captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Melbourne (20.17.137) defeated Geelong (12.19.91).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 April 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 20.17.137 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 2 15 . 5 15 . 9 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Geelong 2 . 6 7 . 11 8 . 13 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin MELB by 32 MELB by 42 MELB by 38 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Jack Grant
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Leverett

Boundary Umpires

W. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George HFFL ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don RU ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy HFFR ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy WR ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian CHF ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred RU ? 6 ?
14 Hall, Ron BPL ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick BPR ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron CHB ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally HBFR ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane FB ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col HBFL↓ ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) FPL ? 3 ?
9 Porter, Ivan SUB ? 0 ?
15 Quinn, Jack FPR ? 3 ?
30 Rodda, Alby RO ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill SUB↑ ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) C ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy WL ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Norm FF ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 17

B. Scanlan replaced C. McLean.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug FPR ? 1 ?
21 Brown, Kevin HBFR↓ ? 0 ?
20 Card, George FPL ? 1 ?
11 Elliott, Alan HFFR ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim BPL ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred FF ? 3 ?
5 Glenister, Norm SUB↑ ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George FB ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy C ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, Doug RO ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn WR ? 0 ?
4 Mahon, Geoff BPR↓ ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack WL ? 1 ?
15 Munday, Jim RU ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ RU ? 1 ?
28 Wynne, Bob CHF ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 19

N. Glenister replaced K. Brown during the first quarter.
A. Marsham replaced G. Mahon 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 J. Fitzgerald 17 G. Gniel 4 G. Mahon 21 D. Cordner 9 I. Porter
15 J. Quinn 20 N. Wilson 12 J. Mueller (vc) 6 F. Fanning 19 B. Scanlan
FORWARD 30 A. Rodda

HALF-BACK



19 D. Bauer 22 T. Morrow 21 K. Brown



5 B. Deans 28 A. Dullard 16 G. Bickford



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. Muller 25 P. Hunt 23 A. Lindsay



2 R. Dowsing 4 N. Smith (c) 8 R. Stabb FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 J. Munday 5 N. Glenister
HALF-FORWARD 8 R. Renfrey 2 A. Marsham
6 J. Grant (c) 28 B. Wynne 11 A. Elliott 1 D. Jerram

18 W. Lock 3 R. Irwin 25 C. McLean



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 G. Card 10 F. Flanagan 14 D. Brown



32 D. Hingston 22 S. McGrath 14 R. Hall



BACK



Geelong Coach: Tommy Quinn