1939 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1939 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

South Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated Footscray (16.6.102).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.12.120 - 16.6.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Footscray 6 . 2 11 . 3 13 . 4 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 17 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 1 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 2 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Connor, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 6 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 4 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 8 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 3 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
35 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
21 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 6

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