1940 VFL Season Round 11: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1940 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (10.18.78) were defeated by Melbourne (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 10 7 . 15 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Melbourne 6 . 6 9 . 11 12 . 14 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin MELB by 21 MELB by 31 MELB by 29 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Brown, Stan ? ? 0 ?
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 1 ?
8 Fergeus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 2 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
7 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 3 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 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