1946 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1946 between Carlton and Melbourne during round two of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Rod McLean captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (9.12.66) were defeated by Melbourne (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 9 9 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin CARL by 6 MELB by 4 MELB by 18 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Rod McLean
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cameron, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 3 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 1 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Jones, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Wines, Clinton ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
15 Quinn, Jack ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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