1945 VFL Season Semi Final 2: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1945 between South Melbourne and Collingwood in the second semi final of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. In the absence of Alby Pannam, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the visitors with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

South Melbourne (13.10.88) defeated Collingwood (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 September 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 46,224

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 13.10.88 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 1 3 . 5 11 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Collingwood 1 . 2 4 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin SMLB by 5 COLL by 8 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 11 SMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Blumfield, Max ? ? 1 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 4 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 1 ?
19 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 1 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 4 ?
26 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 1 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 1 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 2 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Moore, Guy ? ? 2 ?
19 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 1 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

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