1944 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1944 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

St Kilda (13.13.91) defeated Melbourne (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin STKL by 23 STKL by 34 STKL by 53 STKL by 39 STKL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Fyffe, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 1 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 5 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Morcom, Peter ? ? 2 ?
35 Orger, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
29 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Lewis, Warren ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

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