1944 VFL Season Round 13: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1944 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

South Melbourne (8.30.78) defeated Geelong (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 8.30.78 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 9 3 . 12 7 . 26 8 . 30 8 . 30 (78)
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 8 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin SMLB by 18 GEEL by 14 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 22 SMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 2 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 3 ?
7 Churchett, Col ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 2 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 0 ?
33 O'Shea, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 30

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Bamford, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 3 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 2 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

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