1946 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1946 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Melbourne (12.13.85) were defeated by Footscray (22.14.146).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 May 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 12.13.85 - 22.14.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 8 9 . 8 11 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Footscray 2 . 0 11 . 6 14 . 7 22 . 14 22 . 14 (146)
Margin MELB by 32 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 61 FOOT by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
15 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Shalless, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 10 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
34 Mather, Vic ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
26 Scott, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 4 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 3 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 22 14

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