1942 VFL Season Semi Final 1: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1942 between South Melbourne and Footscray in the first semi final of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

South Melbourne (13.13.91) defeated Footscray (7.22.64).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 August 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 13.13.91 - 7.22.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 5 9 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 14 5 . 18 7 . 22 7 . 22 (64)
Margin level FOOT by 9 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Bywater, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Chinn, Ian ? ? 4 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Taylor, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 2 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
11 Sampson, Alf ? ? 1 ?
20 Shearer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 22

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