1936 VFL Season Preliminary Final: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1936 between South Melbourne and Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Jack Bisset captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Percy Beames as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Bisset and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (13.11.89) defeated Melbourne (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 September 1936
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,758

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 0 7 . 0 11 . 1 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 8 7 . 14 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin SMLB by 2 SMLB by 16 SMLB by 11 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Bisset
Coach: Jack Bisset

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bisset, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Davies, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Dineen, Syd ? ? 2 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
29 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 2 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
21 Reid, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Richards, Lin ? ? 0 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 1 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 3 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

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