1936 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1936 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round one of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. 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 (14.24.108) defeated Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 14.24.108 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 12 9 . 16 14 . 24 14 . 24 (108)
Melbourne 2 . 2 8 . 2 11 . 5 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin SMLB by 9 SMLB by 4 MELB by 1 SMLB by 21 SMLB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jack Bisset

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Boyd

Boundary Umpires

E. Sanneman

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 0 ?
19 Davies, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Diggins, Brighton ? ? 0 ?
4 Dineen, Syd ? ? 2 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
32 McEachen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 4 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 4 ?
21 Reid, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 4 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Welch, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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