1947 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1947 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round nine of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Kevin Dynon captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.6.60 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 9 8 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin MELB by 10 NMLB by 8 MELB by 3 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Kevin Dynon
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Carroll, Chris ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
1 Connellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 5 ?
24 Dynon, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Edwards, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Kokkin, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Molloy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
36 Slattery, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
14 Somerville, Harry ? ? 1 ?
3 Stephens, Frank ? ? 1 ?
8 Walsh, Terry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 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 ?
2 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
33 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

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