1940 VFL Round 15: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1940 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1940 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Bert Mills captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Mills and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Hawthorn
Back: C. Austen, D. Bragg, B. Pavey
Half-back: J. Blackman, J. Barker, F. Samblebe
Centre: A. Angwin, S. Spinks, L. Pabst
Half-forward: J. Bohan, A. Barelli, W. Culpitt
Forward: B. Brady, W. Bristowe, B. Williams
Follower: B. Mills (capt.), A. Naismith, J. Carmody
Sub.: R. Farrant

South Melbourne
H. Matthews (capt.), J. Cleary, G. Collard, R. Coyle, K. Dineen, O. Evans, J. Graham, D. Grossman, G. Hamilton, W. Harris, F. Hill, H. Jasper, B. Kelly, N. Matthews, P. McNamara, L. Reiffel, R. Richards, R. Ritchie, T. Whitfield

Hawthorn (10.19.79) defeated South Melbourne (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Carmody (2), W. Culpitt (2), A. Naismith (2), B. Williams (2), A. Barelli, B. Brady
South Melbourne: L. Reiffel (4), J. Graham (3), R. Richards (2), W. Harris

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and South Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.19.79 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 5 4 . 12 7 . 16 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
South Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin HWTH by 16 HWTH by 8 HWTH by 8 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bert Mills (Hawthorn), Jack Baggott (South Melbourne)
Captains: Bert Mills (Hawthorn), Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Angwin, Andrew WL ? 0 ?
5 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
28 Barelli, Alan CHF ? 1 ?
6 Barker, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim HFFL ? 0 ?
30 Brady, Brendan FPL ? 1 ?
27 Bragg, Dudley FB ? 0 ?
38 Bristowe, Wally FF ? 0 ?
11 Carmody, Jack RO ? 2 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally HFFR ? 2 ?
30 Farrant, Reg SUB ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) RU ? 0 ?
1 Naismith, Alby RU ? 2 ?
16 Pabst, Len WR ? 0 ?
19 Pavey, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
24 Samblebe, Frank HBFR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Bob FPR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 19

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hamilton, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 1 ?
19 Hill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 4 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Bert Mills
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 B. Mills (c) 30 R. Farrant
3 B. Williams 38 W. Bristowe 30 B. Brady 1 A. Naismith

FORWARD 11 J. Carmody

HALF-BACK













2 W. Culpitt 28 A. Barelli 15 J. Bohan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Pabst 8 S. Spinks 4 A. Angwin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













24 F. Samblebe 6 J. Barker 17 J. Blackman



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













19 B. Pavey 27 D. Bragg 5 C. Austen



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Jack Baggott