1937 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 81.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 47
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Ware (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Arthur Olliver (39)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Ware

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Sid Dockendorff, Alby Morrison

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alsop, Noel #22 6 R09-R11, R16-R18 4
Bennett, George #5 18 R01-R18 1
Bridgfoot, Jack 5 R07-R11 0
Cooper, Cyril #7 1 R18 0
Dilks, Don #11 3 R16-R18 0
Dockendorff, Sid #27 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 1
Eason, Dick #7 4 R01-R03, R07 4
Edmonds, Horrie #26 1 R01 0
Evans, Roy #9 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 3
Ferguson, Artie #16 8 R01-R07, R10 1
Finn, Frank #19 1 R01 0
Flanigan, Bob #25 13 R02-R14 0
Flynne, Rowley #33 9 R05-R06, R08, R10-R14, R16 0
Glenister, Wally #31 2 R17-R18 3
Greenham, Jim #20 12 R01-R09, R15-R17 1
Hallahan, Jim #13 3 R02-R04 0
Halloran, Frank #27 4 R06-R09 0
Hickey, Harry #15 2 R14-R15 1
Le Sueur, Bennie #34 10 R09-R18 1
Livingstone, Stan #7 5 R11-R15 0
Luke, Charlie #28 4 R10-R13 2
McCrae, Cliff #14 14 R01, R05-R15, R17-R18 8
McLaughlin, Hugh #18 1 R01 0
McLure, Lindsay #16 3 R12-R14 2
Menzies, Doug #35 7 R12-R18 1
Mitchell, Col #15 3 R01-R02, R06 0
Morrison, Alby #2 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 23
O'Brien, Bernie #8 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 31
Olliver, Arthur #3 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 39
Palmer, Ambrose #24 15 R02, R04-R16, R18 3
Paternoster, Ron #27 1 R16 0
Penberthy, Stan #27 5 R03-R07 4
Porter, Roy #23 15 R03-R09, R11-R18 20
Ryan, Jack #10 13 R01-R09, R15-R18 3
Ryan, Joe #21 5 R08-R09, R16-R18 9
Ryan, Leo #17 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 1
Sainsbury, Rob #28 1 R06 0
Shields, Clarrie #10 1 R02 1
Smith, Tommy #19 2 R15-R16 0
Spargo, Bob #29 5 R07-R11 0
Standfield, Paul #6 11 R01-R04, R08, R12-R17 3
Stephens, Billy #36 3 R16-R18 4
Thoms, Jim #31 13 R03-R07, R09-R16 14
Ware, Norm #4 16 R01-R11, R13-R15, R17-R18 6
White, Clarrie #34 4 R01-R04 1
Wilson, Don #13 1 R12 0
Zimmerman, Jack #30 4 R03-R05, R10 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)
Coventry, Syd 4 1 -0- 3 R01-R04
Kelly, Joe 14 3 -0- 11 R05-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 4 Syd Coventry unknown
01/05/1937 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 34 Syd Coventry unknown
08/05/1937 Round 3 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 5 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
15/05/1937 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Syd Coventry Alby Morrison
22/05/1937 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 43 Joe Kelly unknown
29/05/1937 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 22 Joe Kelly unknown
05/06/1937 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 62 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
14/06/1937 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 37 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
19/06/1937 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 51 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
26/06/1937 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 7 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
03/07/1937 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
10/07/1937 Round 12 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 10 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
17/07/1937 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 3 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
24/07/1937 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 19 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
31/07/1937 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 52 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
07/08/1937 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 27 Joe Kelly unknown
21/08/1937 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 31 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison
28/08/1937 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Joe Kelly Alby Morrison