1935 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 2-2-14, P%: 73.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): George Bennett (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Ryan (25)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): George Bennett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alby Morrison

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, George #5 18 R01-R18 0
Bogie, Les #15 16 R01-R15, R18 4
Bridgfoot, Jack #11 18 R01-R18 4
Collier, Reg 2 R04-R05 0
Crompton, Eric #28 1 R07 0
Dockendorff, Sid #27 4 R11-R13, R16 3
Eason, Dick #7 7 R01, R13-R18 1
Hallahan, Jim #33 3 R11-R12, R18 5
Hamilton, Vince #23 6 R10-R15 2
Keane, Jack #35 1 R13 0
Kelly, Wally #16 9 R01-R04, R06-R07, R14, R16-R17 0
Lamprell, Vern #20 4 R09-R12 1
Leahy, Billy #9 18 R01-R18 9
Lewis, Pye #12 18 R01-R18 6
McCrae, Cliff #32 14 R04-R16, R18 16
McEvoy, Fred #30 7 R02-R05, R09, R15, R17 0
McKay, Roy #18 14 R01-R09, R11-R14, R17 0
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 15 R01-R02, R05-R15, R17-R18 0
Mitchell, Col #8 2 R01-R02 0
Morrison, Alby #1 16 R01-R08, R11-R18 24
O'Brien, Bernie #24 15 R02-R04, R06-R08, R10-R18 16
O'Leary, Charlie #26 3 R02, R05-R06 0
Olliver, Arthur #29 11 R03-R12, R16 23
Penberthy, Stan #3 15 R01-R10, R14-R18 3
Phelan, Marty #22 3 R14-R16 0
Pollard, Dick #10 10 R01-R03, R07-R13 8
Rodwell, Roy #19 13 R01, R03, R05-R10, R14-R18 11
Ryan, Jack #31 16 R03-R18 25
Ryan, Leo #17 9 R01, R08-R10, R13, R15-R18 0
Sainsbury, Rob #28 3 R16-R18 0
Sampson, Alf #36 1 R18 0
Shields, Clarrie #23 3 R04, R16-R17 0
Spargo, Bob #14 6 R01-R06 0
Spurling, Bill #6 14 R01-R08, R10-R15 0
Trim, Ted #21 4 R05-R06, R08-R09 5
Ware, Norm #4 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 6
Waye, Tom #2 6 R01-R03, R07, R09-R10 5
Winter, George #34 2 R17-R18 0

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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)
Morrison, Alby 4 0 -0- 4 R01-R04
Coventry, Syd 14 2 -2- 10 R05-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1935 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 35 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
04/05/1935 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 14 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
11/05/1935 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 11 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
18/05/1935 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 51 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
25/05/1935 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
01/06/1935 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 51 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
08/06/1935 Round 7 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
15/06/1935 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 39 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
22/06/1935 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 5 Syd Coventry unknown
29/06/1935 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 5 Syd Coventry unknown
06/07/1935 Round 11 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
13/07/1935 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 77 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
20/07/1935 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 36 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
27/07/1935 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 7 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
10/08/1935 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 33 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
24/08/1935 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 7 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
31/08/1935 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 33 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
07/09/1935 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 67 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison