1941 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1941 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

South Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Footscray (10.21.81).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.13.55 - 10.21.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 6 2 . 7 4 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Footscray 2 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 16 10 . 21 10 . 21 (81)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Vice-Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 1 ?
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McCrory, Alan ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
12 Sawley, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
5 Young, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 3 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 De Medici, Joe ? ? 3 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 1 ?
28 Malone, Jack ? ? 0 ?
McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
33 Shearer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 21

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