Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| geelong | 10.9 (69) | melbourne | 22.10 (142) | kardinia park | 8000 | 27 may 1944 |
| collingwood | 11.18 (84) | south melbourne | 12.18 (90) | victoria park | 13000 | 27 may 1944 |
| carlton | 13.17 (95) | essendon | 14.9 (93) | princes park | 18000 | 27 may 1944 |
| st kilda | 9.12 (66) | hawthorn | 11.7 (73) | junction oval | 10000 | 27 may 1944 |
| north melbourne | 15.14 (104) | footscray | 9.16 (70) | arden street oval | 10000 | 27 may 1944 |
| richmond | 14.13 (97) | fitzroy | 7.9 (51) | punt road oval | 29000 | 27 may 1944 |
Title:
1944 vfl season
Statement:
: a crowd of 10000 people gathered to watch north melbourne play footscray in punt road oval
Answer:
refuted