1940 VFL Season Round 16: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1940 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Allan Everett.

South Melbourne (12.19.91) defeated Geelong (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 12.19.91 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 7 3 . 11 10 . 15 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin level GEEL by 23 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Everett (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 4 ?
18 Dudley, Merv ? ? 4 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hamilton, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Turner, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 1 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 4 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

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