1945 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1945 between St Kilda and South Melbourne during round one of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

St Kilda (10.17.77) were defeated by South Melbourne (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by South Melbourne
Score: 10.17.77 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 11 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
South Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 14 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin STKL by 9 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 21 SMLB by 41 SMLB by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 1 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Comerford, Eric ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 3 ?
11 Gray, Les ? ? 0 ?
Handley, Les ? ? 0 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
O'Donnell, Brendon ? ? 1 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 1 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
24 Rowell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ron ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 4 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 6 ?
18 Hill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 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