1933 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 97.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins, Norm Ware (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Rait (59)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Alby Morrison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ivan McAlpine

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Harry #9 12 R01-R04, R07-R13, R18 0
Cave, Matt #25 1 R01 0
Dayman, Les #16 11 R01-R09, R16-R17 16
Dowling, John #26 13 R01-R08, R14-R18 23
Fincher, Jack #25 10 R01-R08, R12-R13 3
Findlay, Bill #24 1 R03 1
Grundy, Bill #20 13 R06-R18 4
Hannan, Peter #23 6 R02, R09-R12, R15 0
Hanson, Jack #11 6 R03-R08 0
Higgins, Mick #1 2 R06, R15 0
Honey, Norm #12 3 R11-R12, R17 4
Hopkins, Allan #8 16 R02-R14, R16-R18 6
Kelly, Wally #3 5 R01, R15-R18 3
McAlpine, Ivan #22 18 R01-R18 1
McIntyre, Milton #27 14 R04, R06-R18 11
McKay, Roy #15 18 R01-R18 0
Minogue, Wally #3 4 R01-R02, R09-R10 0
Morrison, Alby #7 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 10
Muir, Bob #19 15 R04-R18 1
O'Brien, Bernie #13 11 R03, R09-R18 24
O'Brien, Wally #13 9 R01-R09 0
O'Leary, Charlie #2 6 R03, R05-R06, R10, R13, R18 0
Palmer, Ambrose #18 6 R02-R03, R09-R11, R17 0
Penberthy, Stan #17 12 R01-R05, R12-R18 2
Rait, Alan #5 15 R01-R02, R04-R16 59
Richards, Charlie #29 2 R14, R18 0
Rodwell, Roy #21 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 3
Sherman, Ted #30 5 R01-R02, R05, R07, R09 0
Somerville, Jack #6 3 R01, R04-R05 0
Spilling, Frank #11 6 R13-R18 0
Spurling, Bill #14 14 R01-R05, R08, R11-R18 10
Thomas, Reg #6 8 R10-R16, R18 9
Vosti, Jack #32 14 R03-R11, R13-R17 0
Ware, Norm #4 14 R01-R14 10
Waye, Tom #10 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 15

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 11 -0- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/04/1933 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 6 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
06/05/1933 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 26 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
13/05/1933 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 16 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
20/05/1933 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 37 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
27/05/1933 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 20 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
05/06/1933 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 13 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
10/06/1933 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 16 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
17/06/1933 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 23 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
24/06/1933 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 5 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
01/07/1933 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 25 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
08/07/1933 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 34 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
15/07/1933 Round 12 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 12 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
22/07/1933 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 70 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
29/07/1933 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 59 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
05/08/1933 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 38 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
19/08/1933 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 30 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
26/08/1933 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 32 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine
02/09/1933 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 5 Bill Cubbins Ivan McAlpine