1929 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 86.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Morrison (50)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Russ

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Hopkins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aked, Frank #23 17 R02-R18 9
Andersen, Eric #11 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 2
Baker, Harry #9 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 11
Barker, Albert #9 2 R11, R15 0
Barlow, Arthur #29 3 R05, R08-R09 1
Donovan, Jack #4 1 R01 0
Downie, Bill #26 9 R03-R11 3
Fordham, Eric 1 R18 0
Gaudion, Charlie #27 12 R02-R12, R18 1
Greenwood, Richard #16 8 R01, R07-R08, R12, R15-R18 0
Hopkins, Allan #1 10 R01-R09, R12 21
Hughes, Frank 2 R17-R18 0
Izzard, Bonnie #32 3 R15-R17 3
Lukeman, Joe #25 3 R04-R05, R10 0
McAlpine, Ivan #12 12 R06, R08-R18 2
Mills, Bobby #35 1 R15 0
Morrison, Alby #7 12 R01-R09, R12-R14 50
Nunn, Ernie #28 6 R04-R07, R11, R18 4
O'Brien, Bernie #4 10 R08-R16, R18 17
Outen, Alby #20 2 R01-R02 0
Patrick, Gil #24 3 R03, R07, R17 1
Robbins, George #20 8 R10, R12-R18 0
Robertson, Jack #20 12 R03, R05-R11, R13-R14, R16-R17 6
Rowe, Charlie #8 9 R01-R07, R13-R14 0
Russ, Bill #6 18 R01-R18 7
Sampson, John 1 R17 0
Shade, Eric #18 9 R09-R11, R13-R18 4
Sharpe, Lew #14 11 R01, R03, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 3
Sloley, Charlie #15 9 R01-R05, R10-R13 14
Spurling, Bill #17 2 R01-R02 3
Stanley, George 3 R16-R18 0
Stevens, Arthur #3 16 R01-R16 5
Sullivan, Gene #2 3 R04, R06, R12 2
Thompson, George #13 1 R15 0
Thompson, Roy #13 16 R01-R16 0
Walshe, Frank #17 7 R10-R14, R16, R18 1
Watt, Jack #5 17 R01-R17 3
Webb, Jack #18 2 R01-R02 0
Williams, Arthur #22 11 R02-R04, R06-R07, R12-R15, R17-R18 0
Woodman, Norm #21 18 R01-R18 2
Wunhym, Jack #10 2 R01-R02 0

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)
Eason, Alec 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 9 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
04/05/1929 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 8 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
11/05/1929 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 11 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
18/05/1929 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 18 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
25/05/1929 Round 5 Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
03/06/1929 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 63 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
15/06/1929 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 31 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
22/06/1929 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 14 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
29/06/1929 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 45 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
06/07/1929 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 8 Alec Eason unknown
13/07/1929 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 67 Alec Eason unknown
20/07/1929 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 19 Alec Eason Allan Hopkins
27/07/1929 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 Alec Eason unknown
03/08/1929 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 Alec Eason unknown
10/08/1929 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 Alec Eason unknown
17/08/1929 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 41 Alec Eason unknown
24/08/1929 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 44 Alec Eason unknown
31/08/1929 Round 18 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 25 Alec Eason unknown