1930 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 75.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Morrison (48)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ivan McAlpine

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Hopkins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aked, Frank #8 18 R01-R18 3
Andersen, Eric #11 6 R03-R08 0
Baker, Harry #9 12 R01-R05, R07, R10-R12, R14-R16 0
Bazin, Leon #27 9 R10-R18 2
Bollman, Harry #12 1 R09 0
Coppock, Fred #21 9 R01-R04, R13, R15-R18 1
Downie, Bill #23 16 R02-R04, R06-R18 2
Greenwood, Richard #14 3 R01-R03 0
Harley, Cyril #4 1 R13 0
Harris, Stan #18 8 R01, R06-R12 3
Hopkins, Allan #1 15 R01-R06, R10-R18 20
James, Ron #5 1 R01 0
McAlpine, Ivan #22 17 R02-R18 2
McKay, Roy #15 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 6
Morrison, Alby #7 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 48
Nunn, Ernie #13 8 R05-R06, R08-R09, R15-R18 4
O'Brien, Bernie #4 8 R01-R08 0
O'Donnell, Roy #29 7 R05-R08, R16-R18 0
Outen, Alby #3 6 R01-R05, R07 0
Robbins, George #12 5 R01-R05 0
Russ, Bill #6 18 R01-R18 12
Sampson, John #16 9 R01-R02, R12-R18 1
Shade, Eric #24 11 R02-R05, R07, R13-R18 7
Sharp, Bertie #25 2 R09, R11 0
Sharpe, Lew 8 R06-R07, R09-R14 4
Sherman, Bill #28 12 R06, R08-R18 3
Smith, Arthur #19 3 R05-R06, R08 5
Spurling, Bill #14 10 R09-R18 5
Stanley, George #10 7 R01-R04, R08-R09, R14 1
Stanley, Johnny 2 R14-R15 0
Stanway, Horrie #30 10 R06-R10, R12, R14, R16-R18 3
Stevens, Arthur #26 5 R10-R11, R16-R18 0
Sutherland, Tom #6 4 R09-R12 4
Walshe, Frank #17 14 R01, R06-R18 2
Warden, Wally #6 6 R01-R05, R08 6
Williams, Arthur #19 14 R01-R13, R15 2
Williams, Roy #20 9 R04-R09, R13-R15 10
Woodman, Norm #2 15 R01-R13, R17-R18 4

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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)
Hopkins, Allan 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1930 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 14 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
10/05/1930 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 16 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
17/05/1930 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 42 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
24/05/1930 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
31/05/1930 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 58 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
07/06/1930 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 1 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
14/06/1930 Round 7 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 16 Allan Hopkins unknown
21/06/1930 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 49 Allan Hopkins unknown
28/06/1930 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 80 Allan Hopkins unknown
05/07/1930 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 40 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
12/07/1930 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
19/07/1930 Round 12 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 3 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
26/07/1930 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 3 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
16/08/1930 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 9 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
23/08/1930 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 18 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
30/08/1930 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 39 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
06/09/1930 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 17 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins
13/09/1930 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 56 Allan Hopkins Allan Hopkins