1912 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1912 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Charlie Ricketts captained the visitors with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Melbourne (0.8.8) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 4,883

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 0.8.8 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 8 (8)
South Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 3 12 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin SMLB by 23 SMLB by 39 SMLB by 69 SMLB by 78 SMLB by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

South Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Nugent

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
W. Little

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Joolen, Herb ? ? 0 ?
30 Maguire, Mick ? ? 0 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
24 Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Sykes, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 0 8

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bower, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 3 ?
22 Casey, Dick ? ? 0 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 2 ?
11 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
15 Mortimer, Len ? ? 5 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) ? ? 2 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 1 ?
24 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 8

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