1918 VFL Season Semi Final 2: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1918 between South Melbourne and Carlton in the second semi final of the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Jim Caldwell captained the hosts. Rod McGregor captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Howson and the visitors were coached by Norm Clark.

South Melbourne (8.10.58) defeated Carlton (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 31 August 1918
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,116

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 8.10.58 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Carlton 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin SMLB by 6 CARL by 3 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jim Caldwell
Coach: Bert Howson

Carlton

Captain: Rod McGregor
Coach: Norm Clark

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Barber, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
2 Belcher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Caldwell, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Doherty, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 Graham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hynes, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
17 Laird, Chris ? ? 1 ?
32 O'Donoghue, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Rademacher, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Robertson, Harold ? ? 2 ?
24 Ryan, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
26 Skehan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Turner, Chip ? ? 0 ?
30 Wood, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Brown, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 Canet, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Cowley, Ern ? ? 0 ?
2 Daykin, Percy ? ? 2 ?
28 Downs, Lyle ? ? 1 ?
21 Dunn, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Fisher, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Furnell, Harry ? ? 2 ?
27 Hammond, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Johnson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Leehane, Steve ? ? 0 ?
25 Martin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 McDonald, Andy ? ? 0 ?
11 McGregor, Rod (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
7 Stewart, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Valentine, Viv ? ? 1 ?
32 Woolley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

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