1945 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1945 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round four of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts with Lindsay White as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Williams and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by South Melbourne (10.23.83).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 10,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.13.67 - 10.23.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
South Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 17 10 . 23 10 . 23 (83)
Margin GEEL by 1 SMLB by 5 level SMLB by 16 SMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Vice-Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
19 Finn, Joe ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 4 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Tompkins, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 1 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 1 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 4 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 23

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