1937 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1937 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round four of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Laurie Nash captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Geelong (12.20.92) defeated South Melbourne (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.20.92 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 9 3 . 11 7 . 13 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
South Melbourne 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

South Melbourne

Captain: Laurie Nash
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Miller, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 5 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 20

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Fletcher, Norm ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 2 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
6 Maher, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
35 Mullane, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nash, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Pettiona, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 11

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