1944 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1944 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round ten of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Arklay and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Geelong (13.9.87) were defeated by North Melbourne (21.14.140).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 6,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 21.14.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 2 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
North Melbourne 8 . 6 11 . 11 15 . 14 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Margin NMLB by 29 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 36 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 3 ?
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Marshall, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
31 Mathieson, Alec ? ? 0 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Morgan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Attenborough, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 7 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Murray, Sel ? ? 6 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Willis, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 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