1946 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1946 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round eight of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Fred Fairweather captained the hosts. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (9.2.56) defeated Melbourne (3.9.27).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 9.2.56 - 3.9.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 0 5 . 2 5 . 2 9 . 2 9 . 2 (56)
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 5 3 . 8 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Margin MELB by 8 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Fred Fairweather
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bourke, Ted ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 3 ?
1 Connellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
24 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Molloy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
32 Perry, Wally ? ? 0 ?
35 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
27 Radloff, Stan ? ? 0 ?
25 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Ryan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 2

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
29 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 2 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 9

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