1931 VFL Season Round 3: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1931 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round three of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Harold Matthews captained the hosts. John Harris captained the visitors with Bert Hyde as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by John Harris.

St Kilda (10.12.72) defeated Hawthorn (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 16 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin STKL by 7 STKL by 22 STKL by 14 STKL by 4 STKL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Matthews
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Hawthorn

Captain: John Harris
Vice-Captain: Bert Hyde
Coach: John Harris

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harold Matthews STKL 11 3
Fred Phillips STKL 3 2
Ernie Utting HWTH 28 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bourne, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Comte, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Forbes, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 3 ?
19 Holden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Jones, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 King, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 5 ?
14 Morden, Clem ? ? 0 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 0 ?
30 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, George HBFL ? 0 ?
4 Brooks, Phil SUB↑ ? 0 ?
14 Carey, Bill FB ? 0 ?
7 Chandler, Allan RU ? 0 ?
3 Daffey, Mark FPL ? 2 ?
10 Francis, Jim C ? 0 ?
1 Harris, John (c) WL ? 0 ?
20 Hyde, Bert (vc) CHF↓ ? 3 ?
30 Lonsdale, Clarrie FF ? 0 ?
24 Meade, Les WR ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert CHB ? 0 ?
25 Mills, Donald BPL ? 0 ?
26 Murphy, Leo BPR ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 0 ?
21 Ryan, Jack FPR ? 3 ?
22 Sharpley, Keith HFFL ? 1 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Ernie HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Ware, Walter HFFR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

P. Brooks replaced B. Hyde during the fourth quarter.

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

St Kilda Coach: Charlie Hardy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 D. Mills 14 B. Carey 26 L. Murphy













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



27 G. Bennett 12 B. Mills 28 E. Utting













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 J. Harris (c) 10 J. Francis 24 L. Meade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 A. Chandler 4 P. Brooks
HALF-FORWARD 9 S. Stewart

22 K. Sharpley 20 B. Hyde (vc) 17 W. Ware 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 M. Daffey 30 C. Lonsdale 21 J. Ryan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Harris