1950 VFL Round 11: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1950 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 11 of the 1950 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Fred Green captained the hosts. Shane McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

St Kilda
F. Green (capt.), P. Bennett, B. Cameron, D. Chapman, J. Coffey, G. Dean, B. Hancock, T. Meehan, M. Mollar, K. Mulhall, D. Nisbet, F. Pemberton, B. Phillips, K. Rosewarne, J. Ross, F. Russo, J. Solomon, A. Squire, F. Sutherland, B. Wilkie

Melbourne
S. McGrath (capt.), G. Bickford, K. Carlon, G. Collins, Denis Cordner, Don Cordner, D. Heywood, M. Jeffers, B. Johnston, G. McGivern, A. McGowan, B. McKenzie, N. McMahen, A. Pound, A. Rodda, S. Rule, S. Spencer, M. Spittle, J. Thomson, M. Woods

St Kilda (6.17.53) were defeated by Melbourne (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: P. Bennett (2), G. Dean, B. Hancock, K. Rosewarne, F. Sutherland
Melbourne: B. McKenzie (2), D. Cordner, D. Heywood, M. Jeffers, A. Pound, A. Rodda, S. Spencer, J. Thomson

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 July 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.17.53 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 9 2 . 13 6 . 16 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Melbourne 0 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin STKL by 13 MELB by 16 STKL by 6 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Fred Froude (St Kilda), Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne)
Captains: Fred Green (St Kilda), Shane McGrath (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Chapman, Dean ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Dean, Greg ? ? 1 ?
15 Green, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
1 Pemberton, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Russo, Felix ? ? 0 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
19 Sutherland, Frank ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 17

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 ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
15 Jeffers, Max ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
34 Pound, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

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