1940 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1940 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round eight of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Stan Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

South Melbourne (12.9.81) defeated St Kilda (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 12.9.81 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
St Kilda 1 . 6 5 . 11 7 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin SMLB by 7 STKL by 7 STKL by 5 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

St Kilda

Captain: Stan Lloyd
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 3 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
19 Hill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 2 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 4 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 1 ?
34 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Maskell, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Raines, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Regnier, Lance ? ? 2 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

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