1913 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1913 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1913 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Vic Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Harvey Kelly.

Melbourne (2.7.19) were defeated by South Melbourne (5.18.48).

Match Details

Season: 1913 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 August 1913
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 7,502

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 2.7.19 - 5.18.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 0 1 . 6 2 . 7 2 . 7 2 . 7 (19)
South Melbourne 1 . 9 2 . 12 4 . 15 5 . 18 5 . 18 (48)
Margin SMLB by 15 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 29 SMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Harvey Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Murphy

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
W. Miller

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
R. Treloar

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Armstrong, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 Ellis, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Hassett, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Joolen, Herb ? ? 1 ?
6 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Lugton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 McDougall, Norm ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
3 Robertson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 7

South Melbourne

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

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