1938 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 124.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Alby Morrison (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Luke (43)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Ware

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Roy Evans

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alsop, Noel #22 1 R01 0
Bennett, George #5 17 R02-R16, R18, SF 4
Carland, Matt 1 R18 0
Clay, Alf #33 7 R02-R05, R08-R09, R17 3
Coolahan, Jack #27 11 R07-R14, R17-R18, SF 12
Deller, Roy #31 2 R07-R08 0
Dilks, Don #11 3 R01, R03-R04 0
Evans, Roy #9 17 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12-R18, SF 10
Evenden, Reg #12 2 R07, R16 0
Flanigan, Bob #13 18 R01-R17, SF 0
Glenister, Wally #25 6 R09-R13, R18 3
Godfrey, Fred #23 6 R01-R03, R06, R14-R15 5
Greenham, Jim #20 14 R01-R10, R14-R15, R18, SF 3
Hickey, Harry #1 18 R02-R18, SF 26
Kelly, Wally #15 1 R01 0
Luke, Charlie #26 13 R05-R16, SF 44
McCrae, Cliff #14 13 R01, R05-R13, R16, R18, SF 19
McGrath, Joe #35 2 R01-R02 1
McLure, Lindsay #16 1 R05 0
Menzies, Doug #21 2 R01, R08 2
Miller, Jim #32 18 R02-R18, SF 5
Morrison, Alby #2 17 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF 29
O'Brien, Bernie #8 1 R02 0
Olliver, Arthur #3 17 R01-R08, R11-R18, SF 24
Page, Charlie 1 R17 3
Palmer, Ambrose #24 9 R09-R13, R15-R17, SF 8
Porter, Roy #35 2 R06-R07 1
Ryan, Jack #10 15 R01-R04, R09-R18, SF 0
Ryan, Joe #10 17 R03-R18, SF 23
Ryan, Leo #17 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Sainsbury, Rob #32 8 R05-R06, R10-R11, R14-R17 1
Sampson, Alf #28 18 R01-R18 0
Spargo, Bob #29 15 R05-R18, SF 0
Standfield, Paul #6 8 R01, R03-R06, R17-R18, SF 3
Stephens, Billy #36 4 R01-R04 1
Thoms, Jim #18 7 R01-R04, R11, R18, SF 6
Ware, Norm #4 19 R01-R18, SF 17
Wilson, Don #13 2 R04-R05 0
Zimmerman, Jack #30 9 R02, R10-R17 0

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)
Kelly, Joe 19 13 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 29 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
30/04/1938 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 30 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
07/05/1938 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
14/05/1938 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 7 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
21/05/1938 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Joe Kelly unknown
28/05/1938 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 66 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
04/06/1938 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
13/06/1938 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
18/06/1938 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 22 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
25/06/1938 Round 10 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 11 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
02/07/1938 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 52 Joe Kelly unknown
09/07/1938 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 63 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
23/07/1938 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 43 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
30/07/1938 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 85 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
06/08/1938 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 23 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
13/08/1938 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 40 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
20/08/1938 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 38 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
27/08/1938 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 35 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
03/09/1938 Semi Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 41 Joe Kelly Roy Evans