1914 VFL Season Grand Final: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1914 between South Melbourne and Carlton in the challenge final of the 1914 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Vic Belcher captained the hosts. Billy Dick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Norm Clark.

South Melbourne (4.15.39) were defeated by Carlton (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 September 1914
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,495

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 4.15.39 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 2 . 5 3 . 11 4 . 15 4 . 15 (39)
Carlton 2 . 3 5 . 8 5 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin SMLB by 2 CARL by 21 CARL by 9 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Vic Belcher

Carlton

Captain: Billy Dick
Coach: Norm Clark

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rawle

Goal Umpires

M. Minahan
J. Monohan

Boundary Umpires

W. Naismith
B. Payne

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Belcher, Vic (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
12 Bollard, Tom C ? 0 ?
2 Caldwell, Jim RO ? 0 ?
5 Charge, Les RU ? 1 ?
8 Deas, Bob FB ? 0 ?
9 Freeman, Jack FF ? 0 ?
6 Hair, Ben RU ? 0 ?
15 Hiskins, Stan HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Kelly, Harvey CHB ? 0 ?
24 Morgan, Harry FPR ? 0 ?
17 Mullaly, Dick FPL ? 1 ?
26 O'Donoghue, Alan CHF ? 0 ?
19 Prince, Joe WR ? 0 ?
20 Rademacher, Arthur BPR ? 0 ?
18 Rusich, Les HFFR ? 0 ?
22 Saltau, Harry BPL ? 0 ?
21 Sloss, Bruce HFFL ? 2 ?
27 Tandy, Mark WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 15

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baud, Alf WL ? 0 ?
2 Brown, Ted WR ? 1 ?
28 Burleigh, Herb FPR ? 1 ?
26 Calwell, George RU ? 0 ?
22 Cook, Bill CHF ? 1 ?
3 Daykin, Percy HFFR ? 0 ?
1 Dick, Billy (c) CHB ? 0 ?
21 Fisher, Charlie FPL ? 1 ?
17 Green, Gordon FF ? 1 ?
24 Hammond, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
16 Haughton, Harry HBFR ? 0 ?
15 Jamieson, Ernie FB ? 0 ?
7 Leehane, Steve HBFL ? 0 ?
30 Lowe, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Andy BPR ? 0 ?
19 McGregor, Rod C ? 0 ?
29 Morris, Jimmy RO ? 1 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy BPL ? 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

Player Line-Up

South Melbourne Coach: Vic Belcher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 P. O'Brien 15 E. Jamieson 4 A. McDonald 5 L. Charge

24 H. Morgan 9 J. Freeman 17 D. Mullaly 6 B. Hair

FORWARD 2 J. Caldwell

HALF-BACK



7 S. Leehane 1 B. Dick (c) 16 H. Haughton



18 L. Rusich 26 A. O'Donoghue 21 B. Sloss



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 A. Baud 19 R. McGregor 2 T. Brown



19 J. Prince 12 T. Bollard 27 M. Tandy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 26 G. Calwell

HALF-FORWARD 24 C. Hammond

30 J. Lowe 22 B. Cook 3 P. Daykin 29 J. Morris

1 V. Belcher (c) 14 H. Kelly 15 S. Hiskins



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 C. Fisher 17 G. Green 28 H. Burleigh



20 A. Rademacher 8 B. Deas 22 H. Saltau



BACK



Carlton Coach: Norm Clark

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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CARL Charlie Hammond behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 ??:??
SMLB Jack Freeman behind 1.3.9 - 1.3.9 ??:??
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