1913 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1913 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round five of the 1913 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval. Bill Eason captained the hosts. Vic Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Eason and the visitors were coached by Harvey Kelly.

Geelong (7.15.57) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1913 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 May 1913
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.15.57 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 3 . 9 4 . 14 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 10 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin SMLB by 12 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Bill Eason

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Harvey Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

F. Lucas
F. Sigmont

Boundary Umpires

G. Green
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Baker, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Brownlees, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
17 Brownlees, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Eason, Alec ? ? 1 ?
15 Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Fairbairn, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Freeman, Neil ? ? 0 ?
8 Grigg, Dick ? ? 1 ?
18 Healy, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
6 James, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Marsham, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Martini, Percy ? ? 3 ?
4 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Orchard, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abbott, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
2 Belcher, Vic (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 1 ?
13 Fincher, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
11 Franks, Bert ? ? 0 ?
15 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Hiskins, Stan ? ? 2 ?
14 Kelly, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
16 Mortimer, Len ? ? 0 ?
19 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
28 Rademacher, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
24 Strang, Bill ? ? 1 ?
27 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
25 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Webster, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 17

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