1946 VFL Round 6: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1946 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 6 of the 1946 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Jim Bohan captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith Shea and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Hawthorn
Back: C. Austen, S. Hamilton, T. Ferguson
Half-back: J. Blackman, T. Spear, J. McLeod
Centre: M. Worrall, W. Culpitt, K. Munro
Half-forward: D. McVilly, J. Bohan (capt.), L. Pabst
Forward: D. Beauvais, A. Prior, J. Brain
Follower: K. Curran, B. Dalkin, A. Albiston
Sub.: K. Pirrie, W. Spencer

Melbourne
N. Smith (capt.), J. Mueller (vice-capt.), G. Bickford, G. Bowman, C. Conroy, D. Cordner, T. Cordner, B. Deans, L. Dockett, R. Dowsing, F. Fanning, R. Hall, D. Kennedy, F. Kennedy, S. McGrath, C. McLean, I. Porter, A. Rodda, E. Rowarth, S. Rule

Hawthorn (16.10.106) defeated Melbourne (13.13.91).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: A. Prior (6), J. Bohan (5), A. Albiston (3), B. Dalkin, T. Ferguson
Melbourne: J. Mueller (6), D. Kennedy (3), F. Fanning (2), R. Hall, I. Porter

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 16.10.106 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 9 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Melbourne 3 . 3 3 . 6 9 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 32 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Keith Shea (Hawthorn), Frank Hughes (Melbourne)
Captains: Jim Bohan (Hawthorn), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Jack Mueller (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Albiston, Alec RO ? 3 ?
25 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
26 Beauvais, Don FPL ? 0 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim (c) CHF ? 5 ?
29 Brain, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally C ? 0 ?
25 Curran, Kevin RU ? 0 ?
21 Dalkin, Bill RU ? 1 ?
20 Ferguson, Tom BPR↓ ? 1 ?
22 Hamilton, Stuart FB ? 0 ?
4 McLeod, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
8 McVilly, Don HFFL ? 0 ?
33 Munro, Ken WR↓ ? 0 ?
29 Pabst, Len HFFR ? 0 ?
11 Pirrie, Kevin SUB↑ ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 6 ?
10 Spear, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
27 Spencer, Wally SUB↑ ? 0 ?
23 Worrall, Malcolm WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 10

K. Pirrie replaced K. Munro during the fourth quarter.
W. Spencer replaced T. Ferguson during the fourth quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 3 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 6 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

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

Hawthorn Coach: Keith Shea
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






25 K. Curran 11 K. Pirrie
29 J. Brain 24 A. Prior 26 D. Beauvais 21 B. Dalkin 27 W. Spencer
FORWARD 5 A. Albiston

HALF-BACK













29 L. Pabst 15 J. Bohan (c) 8 D. McVilly



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













33 K. Munro 2 W. Culpitt 23 M. Worrall FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













4 J. McLeod 10 T. Spear 17 J. Blackman



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













20 T. Ferguson 22 S. Hamilton 25 C. Austen



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes