1949 VFL Season: North Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results for North Melbourne for the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Arden Street Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Carlton in the second semi final, North Melbourne were defeated by Essendon in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1949 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Club: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-5, P%: 119.1)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Allan, Ron #23 1 0 R04
Baglin, Lindsay #17 5 2 R09-11, R13, R19
Bradford, Jim #15 9 8 R01-09
Brooker, Bob #28 4 5 R18-19, SF, PF
Condon, Don #16 21 49 R01-19, SF, PF
Crawford, Alan #12 5 0 R01, R16-18, PF
Dynon, Kevin #2 17 18 R02-13, R16, R18-19, SF, PF
Eliason, Roy #36 3 0 R08, R11, R13
Foote, Les #1 18 21 R01-07, R10-12, R14-19, SF, PF
Francis, Leo #13 13 1 R01, R09-12, R14-19, SF, PF
Hedley, Jack #27 10 3 R02, R04-06, R08-10, R14-15, R18
Jarrard, Ted #4 17 2 R01-03, R05-16, SF, PF
Jeeves, Frank #9 12 7 R01-12
Johnson, Doug #19 4 0 R02-04, R13
Kelly, Pat #22 15 2 R03-04, R07, R10-19, SF, PF
Kokkin, George #14 8 0 R12-15, R17-19, PF
Larsen, Ted #33 7 0 R12-17, SF
Lawrence, Vic #28 8 0 R03-10
Lineen, Jock #25 20 0 R01-12, R14-19, SF, PF
Malone, Jim #11 14 2 R01, R03, R05-09, R14-15, R17-19, SF, PF
Marchesi, Gerald #3 18 8 R01-02, R06-19, SF, PF
McCorkell, Jock #18 20 0 R01-13, R15-19, SF, PF
McKenzie, Keith #20 19 1 R01-12, R14, R16-19, SF, PF
McMahon, Kevin #15 1 0 R13
Mogg, Les #23 4 1 R12-15
O'Brien, Dally #28 1 2 R01
O'Rourke, Ernie #26 9 6 R01-09
Parkes, Eric #29 12 0 R01-08, R14-17
Radloff, Stan #10 19 3 R01-02, R04-14, R16-19, SF, PF
Reeves, John #6 20 6 R01-03, R05-19, SF, PF
Reeves, Les #24 17 0 R01-11, R16-19, SF, PF
Robb, Tim #5 10 13 R11-19, SF
Ryan, Reg #35 17 0 R01-05, R10-19, SF, PF
Shipp, Laurie #30 20 2 R02-19, SF, PF
Spencer, Jock #7 20 65 R01-17, R19, SF, PF
Thornton, Col #32 2 0 R13, R15

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Carter, Wally 21 14 -0- 7 R01-19, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1949 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 50 Wally Carter Les Foote
23/04/1949 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 19 Wally Carter Les Foote
30/04/1949 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN NMLB by 33 Wally Carter Les Foote
07/05/1949 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN NMLB by 36 Wally Carter Les Foote
14/05/1949 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN NMLB by 2 Wally Carter Les Foote
21/05/1949 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN NMLB by 22 Wally Carter Les Foote
28/05/1949 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN NMLB by 6 Wally Carter Les Foote
04/06/1949 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 30 Wally Carter unknown
13/06/1949 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN NMLB by 29 Wally Carter unknown
18/06/1949 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN NMLB by 88 Wally Carter Les Foote
02/07/1949 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NMLB by 9 Wally Carter Les Foote
09/07/1949 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN NMLB by 17 Wally Carter Les Foote
16/07/1949 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 21 Wally Carter unknown
23/07/1949 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN NMLB by 41 Wally Carter Les Foote
30/07/1949 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN NMLB by 3 Wally Carter Les Foote
06/08/1949 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN NMLB by 6 Wally Carter Les Foote
13/08/1949 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HWTH by 18 Wally Carter Les Foote
20/08/1949 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN NMLB by 26 Wally Carter Les Foote
27/08/1949 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN NMLB by 56 Wally Carter Les Foote
10/09/1949 Semi Final Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 12 Wally Carter Les Foote
17/09/1949 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 17 Wally Carter Les Foote