1939 VFL Season Round 17: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1939 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (11.14.80) were defeated by Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin SMLB by 6 level SMLB by 5 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 3 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
7 Sinclair, Frank ? ? 1 ?
7 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 2 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 12

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