1949 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1949 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round two of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Phonse Kyne captained the visitors with Gordon Hocking as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (12.8.80) were defeated by Collingwood (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 April 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,116

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.8.80 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 6 . 4 7 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Collingwood 3 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 5 COLL by 18 COLL by 2 COLL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne
Vice-Captain: Gordon Hocking
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 4 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Colin ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
36 Stone, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
2 Hocking, Gordon (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Kyne, Phonse (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
15 Moore, Guy ? ? 1 ?
19 Pimm, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 4 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 2 ?
23 Sales, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Shannon, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
25 Smith, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
33 Thompson, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
31 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 16

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