1946 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1946 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round nine of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated St Kilda (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 14.12.96 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 6 9 . 6 12 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
St Kilda 1 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 26 MELB by 41 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
36 Bell, Des ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 5 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 Carmody, Bill ? ? 2 ?
29 Driver, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
Kallady, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
39 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Meek, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
36 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 3 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
40 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
31 Stretton, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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