1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 1: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1943 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during the first qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Bill Findlay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Leonard and the visitors were coached by Bill Findlay.

South Melbourne (14.11.95) defeated North Melbourne (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 July 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.11.95 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 4 12 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin SMLB by 12 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 41 SMLB by 53 SMLB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Johnny Leonard (caretaker)

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bill Findlay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Culph, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
18 Leahy, Pat ? ? 2 ?
23 Leith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 2 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Boldiston, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 1 ?
25 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstone, Phil ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
15 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 6

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