1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 2: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1943 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during the second qualifying round of the 1943 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 Johnny Leonard.

Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by South Melbourne (21.13.139).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.6.60 - 21.13.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 0 7 . 1 7 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
South Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 5 14 . 9 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
Margin SMLB by 4 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 48 SMLB by 79 SMLB by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Johnny Leonard (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Marshall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
29 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 6

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 ? ? 6 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Leahy, Pat ? ? 2 ?
23 Leith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 8 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 13

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