1949 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1949 between Geelong and Melbourne during round one of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Geelong (21.19.145) defeated Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 April 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 21.19.145 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 3 9 . 8 17 . 13 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Melbourne 5 . 1 10 . 3 11 . 3 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin GEEL by 14 MELB by 1 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 62 GEEL by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 6 ?
31 Canning, Warren ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 9 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 3 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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