1939 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1939 between Carlton and South Melbourne during round one of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Carlton (20.22.142) defeated South Melbourne (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. South Melbourne
Score: 20.22.142 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 6 6 . 11 17 . 15 20 . 22 20 . 22 (142)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin CARL by 3 CARL by 11 CARL by 61 CARL by 54 CARL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 4 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 1 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 7 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 1 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 22

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bryce, George ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 2 ?
3 Gillett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
2 Mullenger, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 7 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

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