1938 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1938 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round four of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Melbourne (23.15.153) defeated South Melbourne (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,569

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 23.15.153 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 8 . 6 12 . 10 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 4 14 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 2 SMLB by 11 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
10 Catton, Len ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 3 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
25 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
30 Farrelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 2 ?
5 Hedge, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Howard, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 5 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 1 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 3 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
23 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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