1947 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1947 between Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. George Gniel captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Melbourne (14.25.109) defeated Geelong (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 April 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,792

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 14.25.109 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 7 4 . 13 8 . 19 14 . 25 14 . 25 (109)
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 2 MELB by 9 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 2 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 7

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