1944 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1944 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

North Melbourne (6.12.48) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 6.12.48 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 8 5 . 11 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
South Melbourne 5 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin SMLB by 16 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 21 SMLB by 46 SMLB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Attenborough, Stan ? ? 0 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hunter, Jack ? ? 2 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
32 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
Bourke, Pat ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 3 ?
26 Crane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 De Medici, Joe ? ? 1 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Dineen, Ken ? ? 2 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
19 Grace, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 4 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 16

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