1944 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1944 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round five of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Melbourne (10.13.73) were defeated by St Kilda (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 3 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.13.73 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
St Kilda 3 . 4 4 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin STKL by 19 MELB by 1 STKL by 40 STKL by 13 STKL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 2 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
11 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Booth, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 3 ?
1 Kelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
36 Kerley, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Lamborn, Chris ? ? 1 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 3 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 3 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 8

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