1946 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1946 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Cec Ruddell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Cec Ruddell.

Melbourne (9.24.78) defeated Essendon (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 July 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 9.24.78 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 11 9 . 20 9 . 24 9 . 24 (78)
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 23 MELB by 23 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Cec Ruddell
Coach: Cec Ruddell (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 2 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 24

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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