1946 VFL Season Round 6: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1946 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round six of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.10.106) defeated Melbourne (13.13.91).

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Jim Bohan
Coach: Keith Shea

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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