1945 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1945 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Melbourne (10.13.73) were defeated by South Melbourne (12.20.92).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 12.20.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
South Melbourne 2 . 10 5 . 13 9 . 17 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Margin SMLB by 13 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 1 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

South Melbourne

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

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