1944 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1944 between South Melbourne and Carlton during round one of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. In the absence of Jim Francis, Bob Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

South Melbourne (13.10.88) defeated Carlton (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 6 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 13.10.88 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Carlton 1 . 0 3 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin SMLB by 26 SMLB by 33 SMLB by 39 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Kelly

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson (acting)
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Perry

Boundary Umpires

R. Watson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baxter, Archie ? ? 0 ?
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Culph, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
18 Frost, Lou ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 5 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (ac) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McDonald, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 4 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Spence, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
20 Tudor, Graham ? ? 1 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 7

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