1939 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1939 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round three of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

South Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.14.68 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Fitzroy 4 . 1 5 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin level SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 2 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
3 Gillett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 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 ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Connor, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 3 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 3 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
19 Sayers, Bob ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

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