1945 VFL Season Round 17: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1945 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

South Melbourne (21.8.134) defeated North Melbourne (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.8.134 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 2 16 . 6 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
North Melbourne 0 . 5 5 . 11 7 . 15 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin SMLB by 27 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 45 SMLB by 58 SMLB by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Calder, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 5 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 7 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 3 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 8

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 2 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 2 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Quinn, Roy ? ? 2 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

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