1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 5: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1943 between South Melbourne and Footscray during the fifth qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Leonard and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

South Melbourne (10.19.79) defeated Footscray (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 28 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 4,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.19.79 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Footscray 4 . 3 5 . 3 9 . 6 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin FOOT by 18 SMLB by 3 FOOT by 8 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Johnny Leonard (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 1 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
34 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
7 Greenham, Jim ? ? 3 ?
11 Hale, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
Law, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 3 ?
33 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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