1946 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1946 between Geelong and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Jack Grant captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (15.7.97) were defeated by Melbourne (21.14.140).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.7.97 - 21.14.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 2 10 . 4 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Melbourne 4 . 5 11 . 7 17 . 10 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Margin GEEL by 15 MELB by 9 MELB by 42 MELB by 43 MELB by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Grant
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack (c) ? ? 6 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
4 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
35 Whitten, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Bell, Des ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 4 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 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