1931 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 110.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins (25)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Morrison (36)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Allan Hopkins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Cubbins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Addison, Bob 1 R01 0
Aked, Frank #8 18 R01-R18 9
Ayres, Doug #20 2 R02-R03 1
Baker, Harry #9 17 R01-R17 3
Bazin, Leon #27 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 0
Cordner, Jock #28 2 R11-R12 1
Cubbins, Bill #2 18 R01-R18 0
Dennington, Jack #10 10 R06-R14, R17 3
Downie, Bill #23 14 R01-R06, R09-R10, R13-R18 13
Fincher, Jack #25 8 R10, R12-R18 4
Hanson, Jack #11 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Hayes, Jack #4 13 R01-R09, R11, R15-R16, R18 7
Hopkins, Allan #1 18 R01-R18 18
Joyce, Jimmy #24 13 R01-R02, R04-R08, R13-R18 5
Lambe, Alf #5 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 0
McAlpine, Ivan #22 18 R01-R18 1
McKay, Roy #15 18 R01-R18 1
Minogue, Wally #3 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 12
Morrison, Alby #7 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 36
Nunn, Ernie #13 12 R06, R08-R18 11
O'Brien, Wally #12 11 R06, R09-R18 1
Sampson, John #16 3 R07-R08, R12 0
Scanlan, Kevin 1 R01 0
Sexton, Norm #19 1 R18 0
Sherman, Bill #28 3 R03-R05 0
Sherman, Ted #30 18 R01-R18 0
Spurling, Bill #14 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 24
Stanway, Horrie #18 10 R03-R12 1
Stevens, Arthur #26 11 R02-R05, R07, R12-R17 3
Walshe, Frank #17 4 R01-R04 1
Williams, Arthur #6 9 R05-R12, R18 2

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)
Cubbins, Bill 18 12 -0- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 1 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
09/05/1931 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 20 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
16/05/1931 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 42 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
23/05/1931 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
30/05/1931 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 16 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
27/06/1931 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 3 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
13/06/1931 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 43 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
20/06/1931 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 25 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
04/07/1931 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 4 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
11/07/1931 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
18/07/1931 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 27 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
25/07/1931 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
01/08/1931 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 27 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
08/08/1931 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
22/08/1931 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 30 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
29/08/1931 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 34 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
05/09/1931 Round 17 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
12/09/1931 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins