1927 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 85.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins, Alby Outen (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Les Chapple (32)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ivan McAlpine

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paddy Scanlan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aked, Frank #21 12 R05-R07, R09-R17 4
Anderson, Charlie 1 R07 0
Anthony, George 5 R02-R04, R06-R07 1
Baker, Harry #14 13 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R15 1
Birnstihl, Fred #8 2 R01, R03 0
Bult, Frank #15 13 R01-R04, R06, R09-R13, R16-R18 3
Butler, Ted 1 R04 0
Cahill, Ted #28 12 R06-R10, R12-R18 15
Chapple, Les #21 11 R02-R04, R11-R18 32
Croft, Joshua #6 2 R01-R02 1
Day, Roy #24 2 R17-R18 0
Doolan, Bill #23 11 R02-R09, R16-R18 0
Gaudion, Charlie #3 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 3
Glover, Sam #24 8 R11-R18 0
Greenhalgh, Ralph #27 14 R05-R18 0
Hopkins, Allan #2 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 26
Johns, Harry #11 7 R01-R05, R13-R14 4
Johnstone, Doug #16 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 0
Malberg, Artie #19 1 R02 0
McAlpine, Ivan #7 17 R01, R03-R18 15
McDonald, Norm #17 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 22
Neill, Harry #28 4 R01-R04 0
Nunan, Joe #29 2 R01, R08 0
Outen, Alby #20 18 R01-R18 0
Power, Henry #8 2 R08-R09 0
Rowe, Charlie #4 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 1
Scanlan, Paddy #1 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 8
Sharpley, Jack #4 2 R03-R04 0
Sloley, Charlie #22 2 R17-R18 4
Stevens, Arthur #9 8 R10-R12, R14-R18 3
Thompson, Roy #13 15 R01, R03-R16 0
Thompson, Sid #13 1 R04 1
Ulbrick, Fred #18 4 R01-R02, R05, R08 0
Valentine, George #31 6 R05-R07, R10-R12 0
Wallace, Don #25 8 R03-R09, R16 4
Whight, Stan #5 4 R02-R04, R08 0
Whitfield, Archie 1 R03 2
Woodman, George #29 8 R08-R11, R13-R15, R18 5
Wunhym, Jack #12 7 R01, R05, R07-R10, R15 1

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Scanlan, Paddy 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 47 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
07/05/1927 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 44 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
14/05/1927 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 26 Paddy Scanlan unknown
21/05/1927 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 70 Paddy Scanlan unknown
28/05/1927 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 6 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
06/06/1927 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 30 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
11/06/1927 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 18 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
18/06/1927 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
25/06/1927 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 22 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
02/07/1927 Round 10 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 13 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
09/07/1927 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 28 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
16/07/1927 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 34 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
23/07/1927 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
30/07/1927 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 18 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
06/08/1927 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 31 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
27/08/1927 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 4 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
03/09/1927 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 29 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
10/09/1927 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 7 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan