1947 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1947 between Geelong and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. George Gniel captained the hosts. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (16.11.107) defeated Melbourne (5.16.46).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.11.107 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 6 . 7 10 . 7 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Melbourne 1 . 4 1 . 5 2 . 12 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin MELB by 3 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
6 Fitzgerald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 5 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
2 Newman, Dave ? ? 1 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 16

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