1940 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1940 between Carlton and South Melbourne during round two of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Carlton (15.19.109) defeated South Melbourne (12.5.77).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.19.109 - 12.5.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 2 7 . 8 11 . 10 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
South Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 3 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Margin CARL by 7 level CARL by 7 CARL by 32 CARL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Goal Umpires

E. White

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 7 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 1 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 2 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 3 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 4 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
6 Mullenger, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Halloran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 5

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