1941 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1941 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (18.16.124) defeated South Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 July 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,110

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 18.16.124 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 6 14 . 11 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 25 MELB by 26 MELB by 51 MELB by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 1 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Bert ? ? 2 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 1 ?
27 Mulligan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
12 Sawley, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 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