1942 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1942 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (14.7.91) were defeated by South Melbourne (14.23.107).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 August 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 14.7.91 - 14.23.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
South Melbourne 2 . 9 3 . 11 10 . 18 14 . 23 14 . 23 (107)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 3 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 16 SMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Bush, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Deans, Billy ? ? 2 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
31 Gibbs, Les ? ? 0 ?
Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 4 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 7

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Benison, Alf ? ? 2 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 4 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Delfs, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Taylor, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 23

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