1944 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1944 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

South Melbourne (11.11.77) were defeated by Richmond (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.11.77 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Richmond 4 . 1 7 . 2 12 . 4 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 2 RICH by 7 RICH by 35 RICH by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 5 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 1 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 2 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Oatey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
10 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
6 Sheedy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 3 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 1 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Deagan, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
27 Hinson, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 10

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