1948 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1948 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Carter and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (5.12.42) were defeated by Melbourne (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.12.42 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 0 0 . 4 1 . 5 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Melbourne 2 . 10 3 . 10 9 . 13 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 22 MELB by 24 MELB by 56 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Wally Carter

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Allan, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
27 Hedley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Jeeves, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Johnson, Doug ? ? 0 ?
33 Larsen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
36 Marchesi, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
18 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 1 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 1 ?
10 Radloff, Stan ? ? 1 ?
24 Reeves, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
35 Ryan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 3 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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