1912 VFL Season Round 6: University v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1912 between University and South Melbourne during round six of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. University hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. George Elliott captained the hosts. Charlie Ricketts captained the visitors with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gerald Brosnan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

University (5.8.38) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: University v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 June 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,275

Match Results

Outcome: University def. by South Melbourne
Score: 5.8.38 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
University 1 . 1 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 4 . 9 5 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin SMLB by 20 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 32 SMLB by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

University

Captain: George Elliott
Coach: Gerald Brosnan

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Ricketts
Vice-Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Vernon

Goal Umpires

W. Little
J. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

University

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Brake, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Corbett, Arch ? ? 0 ?
3 Cumming, Dave ? ? 3 ?
28 Denehy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Doig, Keith ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Gibbs, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Greenham, Dave ? ? 0 ?
11 Hurrey, Bert ? ? 0 ?
13 Little, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 MacLeod, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Milne, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Park, Roy ? ? 1 ?
18 Primrose, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Shelley, Joe ? ? 1 ?
29 Stephens, Westmore ? ? 0 ?
23 West, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 8

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) ? ? 1 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 1 ?
22 Casey, Dick ? ? 0 ?
27 Comer, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 0 ?
11 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 1 ?
15 Mortimer, Len ? ? 3 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Pentland, Alan ? ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) ? ? 2 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 0 ?
24 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
25 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 16

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