1946 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1946 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (9.11.65) were defeated by Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 7 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Melbourne 7 . 2 7 . 7 8 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin MELB by 30 level FITZ by 1 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Broadway, Allan ? ? 1 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fox, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 1 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

Melbourne

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