1946 VFL Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1946 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 1 of the 1946 VFL season.
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
Back:
R. Hall, S. McGrath, D. Hingston
Half-back:
C. McLean, R. Irwin, W. Lock
Centre:
R. Stabb, N. Smith (capt.), R. Dowsing
Half-forward:
G. Bickford, A. Dullard, B. Deans
Forward:
J. Mueller (vice-capt.), N. Wilson, J. Quinn
Follower:
D. Cordner, F. Fanning, A. Rodda
Sub.:
I. Porter, B. Scanlan
Geelong
Back:
J. Fitzgerald, G. Gniel, G. Mahon
Half-back:
D. Bauer, T. Morrow, K. Brown
Centre:
J. Muller, P. Hunt, A. Lindsay
Half-forward:
J. Grant (capt.), B. Wynne, A. Elliott
Forward:
G. Card, F. Flanagan, D. Brown
Follower:
J. Munday, R. Renfrey, D. Jerram
Sub.:
N. Glenister, A. Marsham
Melbourne (20.17.137) defeated Geelong (12.19.91).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: F. Fanning (6), N. Wilson (5), J. Mueller (3), J. Quinn (3), G. Bickford, B. Deans, A. Dullard
Geelong: F. Flanagan (3), B. Wynne (2), D. Brown, G. Card, A. Elliott, N. Glenister, D. Jerram, J. Muller, R. Renfrey
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder and Geelong were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Frank Hughes
(Melbourne),
Tommy Quinn
(Geelong)
Captains:
Norm Smith
(Melbourne),
Jack Grant
(Geelong)
Vice-Captains:
Jack Mueller
(Melbourne),
unknown
(Geelong)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
F. Leverett
Boundary Umpire:
W. Quinn
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Frank Hughes | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 19 | D. Bauer | 22 | T. Morrow | 21 | K. Brown |
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| 5 | B. Deans | 28 | A. Dullard | 16 | G. Bickford |
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| 27 | J. Muller | 25 | P. Hunt | 23 | A. Lindsay |
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| 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 |
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| 18 | W. Lock | 3 | R. Irwin | 25 | C. McLean |
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| 20 | G. Card | 10 | F. Flanagan | 14 | D. Brown |
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| 32 | D. Hingston | 22 | S. McGrath | 14 | R. Hall |
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| Geelong | Coach: Tommy Quinn | ||||||||||||||