1948 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1948 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seven of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (15.12.102) defeated Carlton (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,864

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 15.12.102 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 3 . 6 9 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Carlton 1 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 9 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MELB by 13 CARL by 18 MELB by 11 MELB by 51 MELB by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jones

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 3 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 3 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 2 ?
3 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Howell, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Simmons, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 Sorrell, Alan ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 2 ?
22 Streeter, Alan ? ? 1 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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