1948 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1948 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round thirteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Harold Bray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Fred Froude.

Melbourne (24.19.163) defeated St Kilda (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,056

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 24.19.163 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 5 13 . 7 19 . 15 24 . 19 24 . 19 (163)
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 45 MELB by 85 MELB by 105 MELB by 105
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Bray
Coach: Fred Froude

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Cox, Colin ? ? 1 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 3 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 6 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 4 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 24 19

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
5 Lewis, Les ? ? 1 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 5 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
1 Pemberton, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
29 Ramsay, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Stevens, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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