1944 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1944 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round five of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

South Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin SMLB by 11 NMLB by 3 SMLB by 30 NMLB by 1 NMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brown, Stan ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Culph, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 4 ?
15 Hazelwood, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Oatey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
15 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Watkins, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

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