1944 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1944 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (10.10.70) defeated South Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.10.70 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 4 MELB by 17 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 2 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
22 Bizzaca, Tony ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 2 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Culph, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
24 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Frost, Lou ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
4 Oatey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
10 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
6 Sheedy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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