1950 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1950 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round three of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Shane McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Carter and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

North Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Melbourne (7.17.59).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 May 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 12.11.83 - 7.17.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 8 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 11 5 . 13 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Margin NMLB by 5 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Wally Carter

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Albiston, Alec ? ? 1 ?
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 3 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 2 ?
13 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
4 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Jeeves, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 1 ?
3 Marchesi, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
18 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
29 Parkes, Eric ? ? 0 ?
6 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
35 Ryan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 3 ?
32 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
26 Bedford, Dave ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 3 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Hiscock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 17

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