1947 VFL Season Round 19: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1947 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (10.18.78) were defeated by Melbourne (27.9.171).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 27.9.171

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 7 4 . 10 7 . 15 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Melbourne 5 . 2 16 . 4 21 . 7 27 . 9 27 . 9 (171)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 66 MELB by 76 MELB by 93 MELB by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
26 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
13 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 2 ?
25 Meehan, Tom ? ? 2 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Murnane, Danny ? ? 1 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 1 ?
16 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
14 Richardson, Tony ? ? 1 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Schedlich, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Stamps, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 18 1
Hardie, Dave ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 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) ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 4 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 27 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