1947 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1947 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Melbourne (8.11.59) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,996

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
South Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 13 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 1 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Anderson, Claude ? ? 0 ?
35 Barry, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Bywater, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 2 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
37 Lucas, Bert ? ? 2 ?
19 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
24 Spokes, Larry ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Allan ? ? 1 ?
26 Taylor, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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