1950 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1950 between Geelong and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Shane McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Geelong (13.14.92) defeated Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 10 8 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 4 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 2 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 5 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 4 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Stevens, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Mueller, Jack ? ? 5 ?
9 O'Toole, Con ? ? 0 ?
34 Pound, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

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