1938 VFL Season Round 15: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1938 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Len Thomas captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Roy Cazaly and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (9.16.70) were defeated by Melbourne (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.16.70 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 10 5 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Melbourne 5 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 8 MELB by 29 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Len Thomas
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 5 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 1 ?
23 Purvis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Sinclair, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 8 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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