1944 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1944 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round six of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Fitzroy (14.7.91) defeated South Melbourne (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.7.91 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 9 . 4 10 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
South Melbourne 3 . 7 4 . 12 7 . 16 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin SMLB by 6 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bickerton, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 1 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Lancaster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 6 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 7

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Culph, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 4 ?
15 Hazelwood, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Sheedy, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

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