1945 VFL Season Round 15: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1945 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Lindsay White captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

South Melbourne (18.27.135) defeated Geelong (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.27.135 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 11 10 . 15 15 . 22 18 . 27 18 . 27 (135)
Geelong 1 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin SMLB by 34 SMLB by 28 SMLB by 59 SMLB by 68 SMLB by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 1 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 2 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 2 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 7

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