1949 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1949 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Fred Froude.

Melbourne (15.16.106) defeated St Kilda (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 13 August 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,612

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 15.16.106 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
St Kilda 3 . 1 4 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin STKL by 9 MELB by 12 MELB by 42 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Fred Froude

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Harvey, Ray ? ? 2 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 4 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Toyne, Len ? ? 3 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Carroll, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Chapman, Dean ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
26 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Jack ? ? 3 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
34 Olle, Tim ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Stevens, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

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