1935 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1935 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round eleven of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Colin Niven, vice-captain Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Jack Bisset captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Bisset.

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by South Melbourne (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 July 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,086

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 7 7 . 7 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
South Melbourne 1 . 7 6 . 8 12 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin MELB by 8 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 34 SMLB by 44 SMLB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Bisset
Coach: Jack Bisset

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bisset, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 2 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Davies, Frank ? ? 2 ?
17 Diggins, Brighton ? ? 0 ?
4 Dineen, Syd ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
32 McEachen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 4 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 6 ?
21 Reid, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Richards, Lin ? ? 0 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 3 ?
27 Welch, Alan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

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