1936 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 86.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Alby Morrison (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Arthur Olliver (37)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Alby Morrison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Stan Penberthy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, George #5 11 R01-R04, R06, R13-R18 0
Bogie, Les #15 7 R02-R03, R05, R07, R09, R12, R14 0
Bridgfoot, Jack #11 12 R01, R04, R08-R13, R15-R18 1
Crouch, Tom #25 4 R02-R05 2
Dockendorff, Sid #27 9 R01, R03, R05-R06, R08-R12 11
Eason, Dick #7 14 R05-R18 16
Evans, Roy #24 13 R04-R08, R11-R18 2
Ferguson, Artie #16 18 R01-R18 0
Finn, Frank #35 2 R14, R17 2
Flanigan, Bob #26 6 R01, R05-R08, R10 1
Hallahan, Jim #13 11 R01, R09-R18 1
Johnson, Les #10 5 R14-R18 0
Johnson, Wal #8 1 R01 0
Lamprell, Vern #19 8 R02-R08, R14 4
Latham, Edwin #10 2 R01-R02 2
Leahy, Billy #9 5 R02-R04, R07-R08 2
Lewis, Pye #12 4 R01-R04 2
MacMillan, Jack #29 4 R07-R10 17
McCrae, Cliff #14 12 R01-R10, R17-R18 15
McDonagh, Jack #31 14 R05-R18 4
McLaughlin, Hugh #18 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Mitchell, Col #32 7 R07, R11, R13-R16, R18 2
Morrison, Alby #2 18 R01-R18 18
O'Brien, Bernie #8 15 R01-R04, R07, R09-R18 28
Olliver, Arthur #2 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 37
Palmer, Ambrose #34 6 R09-R14 4
Penberthy, Stan #33 17 R01-R17 5
Ryan, Jack #21 16 R01-R13, R15-R16, R18 2
Ryan, Leo #17 18 R01-R18 0
Sampson, Alf #22 2 R02-R03 0
Shields, Clarrie #28 9 R06, R10-R17 7
Spargo, Bob #27 14 R04-R13, R15-R18 2
Spilling, Frank #23 2 R05-R06 0
Standfield, Paul #6 5 R01-R04, R18 8
Ware, Norm #4 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 8

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)
Coventry, Syd 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1936 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 75 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
09/05/1936 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 5 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
16/05/1936 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 40 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
23/05/1936 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 15 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
30/05/1936 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
06/06/1936 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 16 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
13/06/1936 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 6 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
20/06/1936 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
27/06/1936 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 28 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
11/07/1936 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 35 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
18/07/1936 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 27 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
25/07/1936 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 11 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
01/08/1936 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 22 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
08/08/1936 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 12 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
15/08/1936 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 25 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
22/08/1936 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 8 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
29/08/1936 Round 17 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 7 Syd Coventry Stan Penberthy
05/09/1936 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 10 Syd Coventry unknown