1949 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1949 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twelve of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (14.17.101) defeated Geelong (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 July 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,512

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 14.17.101 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Geelong 3 . 7 5 . 8 12 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin GEEL by 9 MELB by 6 GEEL by 14 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cole

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 4 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 Bretland, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 3 ?
18 Hickinbotham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 1 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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