1940 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1940 between South Melbourne and Collingwood during round one of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Jack Regan captained the visitors with Phonse Kyne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

South Melbourne (11.14.80) were defeated by Collingwood (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 April 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.14.80 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Collingwood 5 . 4 6 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin COLL by 16 SMLB by 3 COLL by 38 COLL by 12 COLL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan
Vice-Captain: Phonse Kyne
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 2 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 3 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Balfour, Don ? ? 1 ?
2 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 1 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
8 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (vc) ? ? 2 ?
16 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
23 Regan, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 3 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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