1949 VFL Round 6: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1949 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 6 of the 1949 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Fred Green captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

St Kilda
F. Green (capt.), P. Bennett, B. Cameron, J. Coffey, K. Drinan, B. Hancock, M. McBean, J. McDonald, J. Meehan, T. Meehan, K. Mulhall, D. Nisbet, K. O'Donnell, G. Ramsay, K. Rosewarne, J. Ross, P. Sherman, J. Solomon, A. Squire, B. Wilkie

Melbourne
Don Cordner (capt.), L. Arnold, G. Bickford, G. Bowman, K. Carlon, Denis Cordner, B. Deans, J. Dorgan, A. Dullard, E. Jackson, A. McGowan, S. McGrath, B. McKenzie, C. McLean, J. Mueller, A. Rodda, S. Rule, J. Shaw, M. Spittle, M. Woods

St Kilda (4.13.37) were defeated by Melbourne (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: K. Mulhall (2), P. Bennett, A. Squire
Melbourne: B. McKenzie (3), J. Mueller (2), L. Arnold, S. Rule, J. Shaw

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 11th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 4.13.37 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 5 4 . 9 4 . 13 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin STKL by 16 STKL by 4 STKL by 5 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Fred Froude (St Kilda), Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne)
Captains: Fred Green (St Kilda), Don Cordner (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 2 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
35 Ramsay, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Sherman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
17 Dorgan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
34 Shaw, Jim ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 13

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

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