1947 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1947 between Carlton and Melbourne during round one of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (17.20.122) defeated Melbourne (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 17.20.122 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 14 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin CARL by 13 CARL by 15 CARL by 24 CARL by 13 CARL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 7 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 4 ?
14 Sorrell, Alan ? ? 2 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 3 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 3 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
33 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 5 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 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