1939 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1939 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Geelong (16.15.111) defeated South Melbourne (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 6,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.15.111 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 2 11 . 4 13 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 7 6 . 9 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 4 ?
9 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Organ, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
30 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 1 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 1 ?
27 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

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