1948 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1948 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round three of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Cameron.

Melbourne (6.12.48) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,057

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.12.48 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin MELB by 2 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Hamid

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
20 Robinson, Russ ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 4 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
30 Kinder, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Williams, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 14

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