1949 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1949 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round nine of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Fitzroy (7.10.52) were defeated by Melbourne (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Monday 13 June 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.10.52 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 14 MELB by 8 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 4 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 3 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Toyne, Len ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

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