1948 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1948 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eleven of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Lindsay White captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Melbourne (9.17.71) defeated Geelong (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,586

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 9.17.71 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 9 7 . 13 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Geelong 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 5 MELB by 12 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 4 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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