1945 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1945 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round eight of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

South Melbourne (12.16.88) defeated Melbourne (9.4.58).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 9.4.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 4 9 . 4 (58)
Margin SMLB by 22 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 29 SMLB by 30 SMLB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
20 New, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Oppy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 4

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