1944 VFL Round 4: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1944 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round 4 of the 1944 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Jim Bohan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Tommy Lahiff.

St Kilda
C. Vontom (capt.), W. Armour, P. Bennett, J. Booth, B. Butler, B. Clark, J. Connelly, R. Gracie, J. Hall, J. Kelly, D. Kerley, J. Lowry, S. Loxton, J. MacBeth, E. McIntyre, L. Rowell, S. Snell, K. Walker, C. Williamson

Hawthorn
Back: D. Wilks, L. Peters, B. Pavey
Half-back: J. King, A. Prior, J. Blackman
Centre: L. Taylor, J. Bohan (capt.), A. Jensen
Half-forward: N. Alvin, T. Campbell, S. Hamilton
Forward: T. Fletcher, W. Culpitt, A. Brannan
Follower: J. Burke, J. O'Keefe, J. Carmody
Sub.: R. Barnes

St Kilda (9.12.66) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: W. Armour (2), B. Clark (2), R. Gracie (2), J. Hall, E. McIntyre, C. Vontom
Hawthorn: W. Culpitt (5), J. Burke (3), N. Alvin, J. Bohan, T. Fletcher

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Hawthorn were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.12.66 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 5 2 . 7 7 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Hawthorn 3 . 0 6 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Hughie Thomas (St Kilda), Tommy Lahiff (Hawthorn)
Captains: Clarrie Vontom (St Kilda), Jim Bohan (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Lane

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 2 ?
17 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
29 Booth, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Clark, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 2 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Kerley, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
25 Rowell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Alvin, Norm HFFL ? 1 ?
18 Barnes, Reg SUB ? 0 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim (c) C ? 1 ?
3 Brannan, Andy FPR ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Jack RU ? 3 ?
12 Campbell, Tom CHF ? 0 ?
11 Carmody, Jack RO ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally FF ? 5 ?
27 Fletcher, Ted FPL ? 1 ?
22 Hamilton, Stuart HFFR ? 0 ?
5 Jensen, Allan WR ? 0 ?
9 King, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
8 O'Keefe, Jack RU ? 0 ?
19 Pavey, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
25 Peters, Laurie FB ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert CHB ? 0 ?
16 Taylor, Laurie WL ? 0 ?
21 Wilks, Don BPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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

Player Line-Up

St Kilda Coach: Hughie Thomas
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Wilks 25 L. Peters 19 B. Pavey













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 J. King 24 A. Prior 17 J. Blackman













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 L. Taylor 15 J. Bohan (c) 5 A. Jensen









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 J. Burke 18 R. Barnes
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. O'Keefe

28 N. Alvin 12 T. Campbell 22 S. Hamilton 11 J. Carmody











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 T. Fletcher 2 W. Culpitt 3 A. Brannan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Tommy Lahiff