1948 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1948 between Carlton and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (13.14.92) were defeated by Melbourne (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 2 8 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin CARL by 5 CARL by 9 CARL by 8 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
3 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
32 Hunter, Basil ? ? 0 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 4 ?
2 Simmons, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Streeter, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
9 Crawley, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
33 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 7 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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