1940 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1940 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Fitzroy (10.30.90) defeated South Melbourne (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.30.90 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 7 . 14 8 . 19 10 . 30 10 . 30 (90)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 4 . 9 8 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin SMLB by 12 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 3 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
19 Dudley, Wal ? ? 2 ?
24 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 3 ?
13 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 30

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 3 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 3 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
19 Hill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

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