1941 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1941 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

South Melbourne (15.19.109) defeated Fitzroy (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 10,500

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.19.109 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 14 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin level SMLB by 22 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 1 ?
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 4 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 1 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 2 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Bert ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
11 Collier, Albert ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 2 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 1 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Muir, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 10

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