1942 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1942 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round five of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

South Melbourne (23.10.148) defeated Melbourne (16.19.115).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 June 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 5,500

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 23.10.148 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 7 . 3 11 . 6 18 . 8 23 . 10 23 . 10 (148)
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 8 11 . 16 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin SMLB by 24 SMLB by 22 SMLB by 34 SMLB by 33 SMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Benison, Alf ? ? 3 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashion, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 2 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Crane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Goldsmith, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
34 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Reynolds, Ron ? ? 1 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 12 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
16 Ferguson, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Franklin, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 19

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