1940 VFL 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 12 of the 1940 VFL season. 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
P. Kyne (capt.), J. Ross (vice-capt.), C. Campbell, R. Carruthers, R. Dowling, D. Fothergill, J. Green, L. Hill, G. Hocking, L. Morgan, J. Murphy, B. Noonan, A. Pannam, H. Powell, B. Unwin, M. Whelan, A. Williams, K. Williams, B. Woods

South Melbourne
H. Matthews (capt.), J. Cleary, G. Collard, N. Couper, R. Coyle, K. Dineen, J. Fergeus, J. Graham, J. Hacker, B. Kelly, N. Matthews, J. McKenzie, P. McNamara, A. Mitchell, A. Mullenger, R. Richards, R. Ritchie, T. Whitfield, J. Williams

Collingwood (19.14.128) defeated South Melbourne (4.18.42).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: H. Powell (6), J. Green (3), A. Williams (3), D. Fothergill (2), P. Kyne (2), A. Pannam (2), R. Carruthers
South Melbourne: J. McKenzie (2), N. Matthews, A. Mitchell

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and South Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Jock McHale (Collingwood), Jack Baggott (South Melbourne)
Captains: Phonse Kyne (Collingwood), Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Jack Ross (Collingwood), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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