1944 VFL Season Round 14: St Kilda v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1944 between St Kilda and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

St Kilda (7.12.54) were defeated by South Melbourne (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: St Kilda v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.12.54 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 0 5 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
South Melbourne 0 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 17 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin STKL by 5 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 34 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Bermingham, Brem ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Booth, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
15 Hazelwood, Les ? ? 1 ?
1 Kelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 1 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
35 Orger, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 3 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 1 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
33 O'Shea, Len ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Sheedy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 19

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