1939 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 82.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): Harry Hickey (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Page (31)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Harry Hickey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Roy Evans

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, George #5 12 R01-R04, R10-R17 8
Cahill, Pat #8 11 R01, R04, R10-R18 0
Clay, Alf 1 R10 1
Collins, Alan #2 18 R01-R18 17
Coolahan, Jack #27 1 R03 0
Evans, Roy #9 3 R01-R02, R06 0
Evenden, Reg #15 6 R01-R02, R08, R16-R18 0
Flanigan, Bob #13 6 R10-R15 0
Flint, John #27 2 R11-R12 0
Greenham, Jim #20 8 R01, R05-R11 20
Hickey, Harry #1 18 R01-R18 25
Hillis, Leo 3 R16-R18 0
Jacobsen, Allan #11 12 R05-R15, R18 8
Le Sueur, Bennie #34 8 R08-R15 0
Livingstone, Stan #23 9 R01-R08, R13 3
Luke, Charlie #22 1 R02 0
Malone, Jack #38 1 R11 0
McCrae, Cliff #14 5 R02-R04, R08-R09 4
McDonnell, Marty 2 R09-R10 0
McMaster, Andy 2 R16-R17 0
McPherson, Hughie #35 5 R05, R12-R14, R18 0
Menzies, Doug #21 5 R03-R07 0
Merton, Charlie #35 3 R11-R13 3
Miller, Jim #19 9 R01-R05, R15-R18 1
Olliver, Arthur #3 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 23
Page, Charlie #26 15 R03-R13, R15-R18 31
Palmer, Ambrose #24 1 R01 0
Porter, Roy #32 8 R02-R08, R10 1
Ryan, Bill #10 13 R05-R09, R11-R18 8
Ryan, Jack #7 14 R01-R14 7
Ryan, Joe #10 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 26
Ryan, Leo #17 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 1
Sainsbury, Rob #34 11 R04, R09-R18 0
Sampson, Alf #28 13 R01-R09, R14-R15, R17-R18 1
Seymour, Don #36 2 R09-R10 0
Sharp, Haydn #14 4 R10-R11, R16-R17 4
Shaw, Bill #31 2 R15-R16 0
Spargo, Bob #16 11 R01-R02, R04, R06-R08, R14-R18 2
Standfield, Paul #6 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 0
Thoms, Jim #18 4 R03-R06 5
Tribe, Tom #25 7 R03, R07-R09, R14-R15, R18 3
Ware, Norm #4 14 R01-R02, R05-R09, R12-R18 8
Wilson, Don #13 4 R01-R04 0
Zimmerman, Jack #30 1 R07 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)
Kelly, Joe 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 5 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
29/04/1939 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
06/05/1939 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 Joe Kelly unknown
13/05/1939 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 58 Joe Kelly unknown
20/05/1939 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 18 Joe Kelly unknown
27/05/1939 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 21 Joe Kelly Roy Evans
03/06/1939 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 22 Joe Kelly unknown
12/06/1939 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 19 Joe Kelly unknown
17/06/1939 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 44 Joe Kelly unknown
24/06/1939 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 26 Joe Kelly unknown
01/07/1939 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 15 Joe Kelly unknown
08/07/1939 Round 12 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Joe Kelly unknown
15/07/1939 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 54 Joe Kelly unknown
22/07/1939 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Joe Kelly unknown
05/08/1939 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 88 Joe Kelly unknown
12/08/1939 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 47 Joe Kelly unknown
19/08/1939 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 2 Joe Kelly unknown
02/09/1939 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 40 Joe Kelly unknown