1944 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1944 between Geelong and St Kilda during round eight of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Arklay and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by St Kilda (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 24 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.13.67 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
St Kilda 4 . 3 6 . 9 11 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin STKL by 13 STKL by 9 STKL by 32 STKL by 25 STKL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
29 Burns, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 1 ?
32 Lidgerwood, Vin ? ? 0 ?
31 Mathieson, Alec ? ? 0 ?
18 Morgan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Clark, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 3 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 6 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
16 Pearce, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

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