1909 VFL Season Preliminary Final: South Melbourne v Carlton
This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1909 between South Melbourne and Carlton in the final of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League.
South Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG.
Charlie Ricketts captained the hosts.
Fred Elliott captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Fred Elliott.
South Melbourne (7.5.47) were defeated by Carlton (10.9.69).
Match Details
Season:
1909 VFL Season
Round:
Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Carlton
Date:
Saturday 25 September 1909
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
42,418
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def. by
Carlton
Score:
7.5.47 - 10.9.69
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| South Melbourne | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 5 | (47) |
| Carlton | 2 | . | 0 | 5 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 9 | 10 | . | 9 | (69) |
| Margin | SMLB by 9 | CARL by 8 | CARL by 9 | CARL by 22 | CARL by 22 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
South Melbourne
Captain: Charlie RickettsCoach: Charlie Ricketts
Carlton
Captain: Fred ElliottCoach: Fred Elliott (caretaker)
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Barry, Dave | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Belcher, Vic | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Bower, George | C | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Caldwell, Jim | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cameron, Jim | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Casey, Dick | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dolphin, Bill | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Franks, Bert | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Gough, Alf | FPL | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Grimshaw, Tom | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hiskins, Arthur | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kerr, Alex | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Mortimer, Len | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Moxham, Billy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pentland, Alan | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ricketts, Charlie (c) | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Scobie, Jack | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Thomas, Bill | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 7 | 5 | |||
Carlton
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Baquie, Jack | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Beck, Les | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Bruce, George | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Caine, Frank | HFFL | ? | 4 | ? | |
| Elliott, Fred (c) | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Ford, Arthur | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gillespie, Doug | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gotz, Martin | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hammond, Charlie | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jinks, Fred | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Johnson, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kelly, Harvey | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kennedy, Ted | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lang, Alex | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Marchbank, Jim | BPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| McGregor, Rod | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Payne, Billy | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Topping, George | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 10 | 9 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| South Melbourne | Coach: Charlie Ricketts | ||||||||||||||
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| L. Beck | D. Gillespie | J. Marchbank | V. Belcher |
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| D. Casey | L. Mortimer | A. Gough | B. Franks |
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| FORWARD | A. Kerr |
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| M. Gotz | B. Payne | A. Ford |
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| C. Ricketts (c) | A. Hiskins | J. Cameron |
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| G. Bruce | R. McGregor | T. Kennedy |
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| B. Moxham | G. Bower | J. Caldwell | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | C. Hammond |
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| HALF-FORWARD | G. Johnson |
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| F. Caine | H. Kelly | J. Baquie | A. Lang |
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| A. Pentland | B. Thomas | T. Grimshaw |
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| F. Elliott (c) | G. Topping | F. Jinks |
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| J. Scobie | B. Dolphin | D. Barry |
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| Carlton | Coach: Fred Elliott | ||||||||||||||