1945 VFL Season Round 12: South Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1945 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round twelve of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

South Melbourne (14.22.106) defeated St Kilda (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: South Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 7 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 14.22.106 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 10 10 . 17 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
St Kilda 1 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 42 SMLB by 56 SMLB by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Adams

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
19 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Guyatt, Owen ? ? 1 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 7 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
21 Tippett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 22

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aubrey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 Burns, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Comerford, Eric ? ? 0 ?
29 Driver, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Everon, Sam ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 2 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
33 Willis, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 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