1940 VFL Season Round 12: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1940 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Jack Regan, vice-captain Phonse Kyne captained the hosts with Jack Ross as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Collingwood (19.14.128) defeated South Melbourne (4.18.42).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,500

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 4.18.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 1 8 . 7 12 . 11 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
South Melbourne 1 . 4 2 . 7 4 . 11 4 . 18 4 . 18 (42)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 36 COLL by 48 COLL by 86 COLL by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
34 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 1 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
8 Green, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (ac) ? ? 2 ?
16 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Noonan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
22 Powell, Harold ? ? 6 ?
24 Ross, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
33 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 3 ?
36 Williams, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 14

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
8 Fergeus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 1 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 18

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