1948 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1948 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Cameron and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (11.11.77) were defeated by Melbourne (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 7 9 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Melbourne 2 . 4 11 . 4 14 . 9 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin FITZ by 5 MELB by 33 MELB by 32 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Charleson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 2 ?
17 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Moore, Eric ? ? 3 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Williams, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 5 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Hardie, Dave ? ? 2 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Lourey, Greg ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 3 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 11

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