1946 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1946 between Melbourne and Carlton during round thirteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (10.12.72) defeated Carlton (7.13.55).

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

Melbourne

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

Carlton

Captain: Bob Chitty
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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 (vc) ? ? 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