1944 VFL Season Round 17: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1944 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

South Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.13.61 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 7 7 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 10 11 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 55 FITZ by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
33 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
11 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 6 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 4 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 14

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