1939 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1939 between South Melbourne and Collingwood during round two of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Harry Collier captained the visitors with, in the absence of Albert Collier, deputy vice-captain Jack Regan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

South Melbourne (15.17.107) were defeated by Collingwood (21.20.146).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 15.17.107 - 21.20.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 8 . 11 10 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Collingwood 8 . 12 11 . 13 17 . 18 21 . 20 21 . 20 (146)
Margin COLL by 38 COLL by 20 COLL by 46 COLL by 39 COLL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
3 Gillett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
35 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 7 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 3 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 3 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 6 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 10 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 20

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