1941 VFL Season Round 16: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1941 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Tom Arklay captained the visitors with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Len Metherell.

South Melbourne (10.10.70) defeated Geelong (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 4,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 10.10.70 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Geelong 4 . 2 8 . 3 10 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 17 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Kelly

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 2 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Hall, Tom ? ? 3 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Martin, Des ? ? 1 ?
18 Pearsall, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
12 Sawley, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
16 Sweet, Eric ? ? 1 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 2 ?
16 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 2 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 9

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