1948 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1948 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round two of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Harold Bray captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (7.6.48) were defeated by Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.6.48 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 1 2 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 8 5 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 6 MELB by 1 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Bray
Coach: Fred Froude

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

V. Baker

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
12 Bray, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
13 Lumsden, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
30 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 1 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Murnane, Danny ? ? 2 ?
Myers, Henry ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Richardson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Robinson, Russ ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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