1941 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1941 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round five of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Tom Arklay captained the hosts with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Metherell and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Geelong (14.12.96) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.25.103).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 14.12.96 - 13.25.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 7 . 9 9 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
South Melbourne 3 . 10 5 . 13 12 . 21 13 . 25 13 . 25 (103)
Margin SMLB by 14 GEEL by 8 SMLB by 30 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Arklay
Vice-Captain: Joe Sellwood
Coach: Len Metherell

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Port

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 1 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 2 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 1 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
30 Palmer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 1 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 3 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 1 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Bert ? ? 2 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 25

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