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 |
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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 |
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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) | |||
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Cubbins, Bill | 18 | 12 | -0- | 6 | R01-R18 |
Match Results
Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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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 |
Internal Links
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