1944 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1944 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round two of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Arklay and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Geelong (9.11.65) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1944
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 5 5 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
South Melbourne 3 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin GEEL by 13 SMLB by 24 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
8 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 2 ?
2 McWilliams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Taylor, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baxter, Archie ? ? 1 ?
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
23 Brown, Stan ? ? 2 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
18 Frost, Lou ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hazelwood, Les ? ? 2 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

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