1945 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1945 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

South Melbourne (15.9.99) defeated Footscray (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.9.99 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 0 8 . 2 12 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin FOOT by 2 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 16 SMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 2 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 3 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 2 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 1 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 2 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
32 Ryan, Ted ? ? 2 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 11

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