1944 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1944 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round three of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

South Melbourne (9.10.64) defeated St Kilda (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 20 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 9.10.64 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 10 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
St Kilda 1 . 3 3 . 4 5 . 5 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin SMLB by 6 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baxter, Archie ? ? 1 ?
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
23 Brown, Stan ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
18 Frost, Lou ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 1 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 2 ?
29 Booth, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Clark, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 3 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Grainger, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Gray, Les ? ? 0 ?
1 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Rowell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
8 Wilson, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

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