1931 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1931 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round nine of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. Harold Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Melbourne (4.12.36) were defeated by St Kilda (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 4 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,826

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 4.12.36 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 1 . 6 2 . 11 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
St Kilda 2 . 3 4 . 7 7 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin STKL by 14 STKL by 19 STKL by 27 STKL by 27 STKL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Matthews
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Percy Beames MELB 24 3
Harold Matthews STKL 11 2
Harry Comte STKL 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 2 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 12

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Anderson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 1 ?
9 Comte, Harry ? ? 2 ?
20 Fogarty, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Hindson, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
4 Jones, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
1 King, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
17 Loveless, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 McLorinan, Jock ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Neil, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 2 ?
3 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
27 Scanlon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Stevens, Billy ? ? 1 ?
8 White, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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