1943 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1943 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round two of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

South Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Melbourne (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 6 4 . 7 9 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 11 8 . 12 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin SMLB by 3 MELB by 10 SMLB by 6 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Kelly

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Port

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Brown, Mel ? ? 0 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Culph, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Goldsmith, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Hazelwood, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Leith, Merv ? ? 1 ?
McCrory, Alan ? ? 0 ?
17 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Moloney, Vin ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
19 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, Tom ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Hobba, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
3 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
7 Stone, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

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