1950 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1950 between Melbourne and Carlton during round one of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Shane McGrath captained the hosts. Bert Deacon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (13.13.91) defeated Carlton (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 22 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,077

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 13.13.91 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 11 9 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Carlton 2 . 5 5 . 5 8 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 18 MELB by 9 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Carlton

Captain: Bert Deacon
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Merrington

Boundary Umpires

H. Rowland

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 6 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
31 Brokenshire, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
23 Deacon, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 1 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
36 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Howell, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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