1945 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1945 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

South Melbourne (10.13.73) were defeated by Fitzroy (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.13.73 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Calder, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 6 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 2 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 1 ?
18 Brown, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
11 Linney, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 2 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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