1944 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1944 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round four of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Pat Fricker captained the hosts with Alan Williams as vice-captain. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Collingwood (11.18.84) were defeated by South Melbourne (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by South Melbourne
Score: 11.18.84 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 16 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
South Melbourne 2 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 10 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin COLL by 13 COLL by 1 COLL by 24 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Pat Fricker
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arnott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 5 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Hibbert, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Noonan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 ?
Toleman, Joe ? ? 1 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baxter, Archie ? ? 0 ?
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Culph, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 2 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Sheedy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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