1924 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1924 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round five of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Melbourne (10.16.76) defeated South Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 May 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,072

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.16.76 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 5 . 9 8 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 16 MELB by 9 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
26 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 1 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
4 Elliott, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 1 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 1 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 4 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 2 ?
4 Allison, Bobby ? ? 5 ?
14 Brown, Martin ? ? 0 ?
11 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 0 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Fleiter, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Hando, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 2 ?
15 Joyce, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Laird, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Matthews, Herb ? ? 1 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
25 Nicholls, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Connell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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