1909 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1909 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Bernie Nolan captained the hosts. Charlie Ricketts captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Melbourne (3.6.24) were defeated by South Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 July 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,270

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 3.6.24 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	1	2	.	1	3	.	1	3	.	6	3	.	6	(24)
South Melbourne	0	.	4	2	.	8	6	.	8	6	.	9	6	.	9	(45)
Margin	MELB by 3			SMLB by 7			SMLB by 25			SMLB by 21			SMLB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bernie Nolan
Coach: Alec Hall

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Ricketts
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. James

Boundary Umpires

L. Stainsby
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Brereton, Harry	?	?	2	?
	Coutie, Vin	?	?	0	?
	Fargie, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Fitzpatrick, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Flintoft, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Harris, Frank	?	?	0	?
	Hewitt, Fred	?	?	0	?
	Jones, Alf	?	?	1	?
	Leach, Ted	?	?	0	?
	Mills, Paddy	?	?	0	?
	Monk, Bobby	?	?	0	?
	Nolan, Bernie (c)	?	?	0	?
	Norman, Len	?	?	0	?
	Pearce, Joe	?	?	0	?
	Robertson, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Smith, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Strong, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Sykes, Wally	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				3	6

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Baird, Des	?	?	0	?
	Belcher, Vic	?	?	0	?
	Caldwell, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Callan, Hughie	?	?	0	?
	Cameron, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Casey, Dick	?	?	1	?
	Deas, Bob	?	?	1	?
	Franks, Bert	?	?	1	?
	Gough, Alf	?	?	1	?
	Grimshaw, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Hiskins, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Jones, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Kerr, Alex	?	?	1	?
	Mortimer, Len	?	?	1	?
	Pentland, Alan	?	?	0	?
	Ricketts, Charlie (c)	?	?	0	?
	Scobie, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Thomas, Bill	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				6	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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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		2.1.13	-	2.8.20	??:??
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	unknown goal	3.1.19	-	6.8.44	??:??
Q4	unknown behind	3.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
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	unknown behind	3.6.24	-	6.9.45	??:??

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