1940 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1940 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round five of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Geelong (12.21.93) defeated South Melbourne (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.21.93 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 7 4 . 8 8 . 17 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
South Melbourne 0 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin GEEL by 22 SMLB by 5 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 4 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 21

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 2 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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