1949 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1949 between Melbourne and Footscray during round three of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Melbourne (14.16.100) defeated Footscray (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 April 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,810

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 8 5 . 10 10 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 1 . 0 3 . 0 3 . 2 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 22 MELB by 54 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 7 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
36 Stone, Bob ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
14 Davies, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 3 ?
25 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
20 Storey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 1 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

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