1947 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1947 between Melbourne and Carlton during round twelve of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Carlton (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 5 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,806

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 9.10.64 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Carlton 4 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin CARL by 9 MELB by 2 CARL by 14 CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
2 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 4 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
34 Carr, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
29 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
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