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1949

Coach: Allan La Fontaine
Captain: Denis Cordner
Finishing Position: 5th
Best and Fairest: Len Dockett
Leading Goalkicker: Bob McKenzie (41)
Best First Year Player: n/a

Matches Ladder Playing list Tribunal Seconds Thirds

Image After breaking through for their first post-war premiership, Melbourne lost a number of senior players and retiring coach Checker Hughes. The board selected Allan La Fontaine as Hughes' replacement, winning by a single vote over Norm Smith. Smith left to take change at Fitzroy, and the Demons struggled to four losses in their first five games. They won 11 of their last 13 games but the damage was done, leaving Melbourne a game and percentage outside the top four. Five losses by under eight points, and three by exactly two points, cost them.

The VFL approved a rise in player payments from £3 to £4 per match from Round 4 onwards.

A proposed trip to Sydney and Narrandera during the season was cancelled due to "difficulty arranging transport".

The Seconds won their first premiership since 1939.

Premiership season

RoundOppositionResultScore
1 GeelongLOSS83-145
2 CollingwoodLOSS80-82
3 FootscrayWIN100-48
4 South MelbourneLOSS51-59
5 North MelbourneLOSS46-48
6 St. KildaWIN61-37
7 EssendonWIN90-75
8 HawthornWIN77-66
9 FitzroyWIN74-52
10 CarltonWIN86-78
11 RichmondWIN101-63
12 GeelongWIN101-98
13 CollingwoodWIN73-58
14 FootscrayLOSS72-74
15 South MelbourneWIN79-65
16 North MelbourneLOSS58-64
17 St. KildaWIN106-52
18 EssendonLOSS76-101
19 HawthornWIN102-76

Ladder

WDL%P
North Melbourne1405119.156
Carlton1306126.452
Collingwood1306123.552
Essendon1306120.752
Melbourne1207113.048
Richmond1009116.740
Fitzroy100997.840
Geelong9010111.836
Footscray701283.928
South Melbourne601380.524
St. Kilda401573.516
Hawthorn301661.112

Exhibition Match

OppositionResultScore
Ballarat League WIN151-149

Playing list

PlayerGamesGoals
1 Denis Cordner 188
2 Bob McKenzie 1840
3 Geoff Collins 170
4 Bob Chadwick 20
5 Billy Deans 191
6 Eddie Craddock 1118
7 Eddie Jackson 150
8 Doug Heywood 64
9 Ray Harvey 23
9 Colin Cox 10
10 Lance Arnold 1729
11 Gordon Bowman 40
12 Jack Mueller 49
13 Max Spittle 100
14 Eric Roscoe 50
15 Len Toyne 1218
16 George Bickford 172
17 John Dorgan 30
18 Wally Lock 41
19 Colin Love 48
20 Alan McGowan 82
21 Don Cordner 191
22 Shane McGrath 150
23 Ken Carlon 164
24 Frank Hanna 50
25 Col McLean 190
27 Ken Rollason 60
28 Adrian Dullard 1835
29 Ray Jones 10
30 Alby Rodda 1915
31 Stan Rule 165
32 Len Dockett 182
33 Jack Thomson 22
34 Jim Shaw 32
35 Noel McMahen 73
36 Bob Stone 30
37 Mike Woods 160

Best and Fairest

Player
1st Len Dockett
2nd Denis Cordner

Awards
Most Consistent - Col McLean

Tribunal

RoundPlayerChargeSanction
Round 6 Jack Mueller Striking 4 matches
Round 13 Len Toyne Striking Not Guilty
Round 18 Billy Deans Striking Not Guilty

Seconds

1949 Seconds season

WDL%P
Melbourne 1504133.360
Essendon 1315143.254
Collingwood 1306121.452
Richmond 1207118.048
Footscray1117114.546
Geelong919111.638
Fitzroy91997.937
Carlton901098.636
South Melbourne701289.928
St Kilda611274.126
North Melbourne411479.418
Hawthorn301659.912

Finals

RoundOppositionResultScore
SF Essendon LOSS91-71
PF Richmond WIN122-73
GF Essendon WIN112-68

Thirds

1949 Thirds season

WDL%P
Geelong 1403165.656
South Melbourne 1403132.856
Carlton1304176.552
Melbourne 1204120.848
Richmond 1106111.144
Essendon908120.236
Footscray709108.928
Fitzroy70974.228
St Kilda401265.616
North Melbourne401257.816
Hawthorn401236.616

Finals

RoundOppositionResultScore
SF Carlton LOSS34-64

Notes
Thirds teams played a different amount of games. Some matches seem to have been cancelled. Carlton, Melbourne, Essendon, Fitzroy, North Melbourne and Hawthorn all had two byes. Geelong, South Melbourne, Richmond, Footscray and St Kilda had one.

May have been a game during the October trip to Sale.

Media
Age - 22/10/1948
Narrandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser - 27/05/1949

Links
AFL Tables page
Wikipedia page

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