1946 VFL Round 13: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1946 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 13 of the 1946 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne
N. Smith (capt.), D. Bell, G. Bickford, G. Bowman, A. Byfield, D. Cordner, B. Deans, L. Dockett, R. Dowsing, A. Dullard, F. Fanning, R. Irwin, F. Kennedy, W. Lock, S. McGrath, C. McLean, J. Mitchell, J. Mueller, E. O'Rourke, S. Rule

Carlton
B. Chitty (capt.), J. Baird, K. Baxter, J. Bennett, V. Brown, J. Clapton, J. Clark, J. Conley, F. Davies, B. Deacon, R. Garby, O. Grieve, K. Hands, R. Hines, J. Howell, A. Sanger, H. Turner, A. Way, D. Williams, C. Wines

Melbourne (10.12.72) defeated Carlton (7.13.55).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Mueller (3), D. Bell, G. Bickford, G. Bowman, F. Fanning, J. Mitchell, E. O'Rourke, N. Smith
Carlton: J. Howell (4), H. Turner (2), K. Baxter

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 5th on the ladder and Carlton remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 July 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 10.12.72 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 7 . 8 8 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Carlton 3 . 9 3 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin CARL by 15 MELB by 23 MELB by 4 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Frank Hughes (Melbourne), Perce Bentley (Carlton)
Captains: Norm Smith (Melbourne), Bob Chitty (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bride

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Bell, Des ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Clapton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 4 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 2 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Wines, Clinton ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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