1944 VFL Season Round 15: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1944 between South Melbourne and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. In the absence of Pat Fricker, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the visitors with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

South Melbourne (16.10.106) defeated Collingwood (8.22.70).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 12 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 16.10.106 - 8.22.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 0 5 . 3 9 . 7 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Collingwood 3 . 11 3 . 15 6 . 22 8 . 22 8 . 22 (70)
Margin COLL by 23 level SMLB by 3 SMLB by 36 SMLB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
15 De Medici, Joe ? ? 2 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Dineen, Ken ? ? 3 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 1 ?
19 Grace, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 3 ?
26 Keighran, Lyal ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 3 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Herbert, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Hibbert, Ron ? ? 2 ?
21 Lambert, Harry ? ? 4 ?
21 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Negri, Des ? ? 0 ?
20 Nilson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Ted ? ? 1 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Tibballs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 22

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