1941 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1941 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round two of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (13.15.93) were defeated by Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.15.93 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 10 10 . 17 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 16 MELB by 16 MELB by 8 MELB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Boundary Umpires

H. Kent

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
25 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 1 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 4 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 2 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
35 Ellis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

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