1941 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 110.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Ware (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Collins (35)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Arthur Olliver, Norm Ware

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Ware

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Borlase, Jack 3 R16-R18 0
Cahill, Pat #8 3 R02-R04 1
Collins, Alan #2 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 35
Crosling, Bill #5 13 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R11, R14-R18 0
De Medici, Joe #29 8 R11-R18 14
Ellis, Ted #15 18 R01-R18 0
Evenden, Reg #19 18 R01-R18 7
Greenham, Jim #20 1 R01 0
Harris, Wally #12 6 R01-R03, R05, R08-R09 0
Hickey, Harry #7 18 R01-R18 24
Houston, Bill #32 11 R03-R09, R12, R16-R18 24
Huppatz, Eric #10 3 R08-R10 3
Kelly, Frank #23 7 R05-R07, R11-R13, R18 0
Malbon, Percy #11 9 R05-R08, R10-R13, R18 6
Malone, Jack #28 5 R11-R15 0
May, Jim #27 1 R04 0
McCankie, Len 5 R14-R18 0
McDonnell, Marty #22 4 R07, R09-R10, R16 0
Miller, Jim #14 17 R01-R17 6
Morrison, Alby #9 15 R01-R03, R05, R08-R18 19
Murphy, Len #21 9 R01-R02, R09-R15 13
O'Halloran, Kevin #28 5 R08-R12 3
Olliver, Arthur #3 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Page, Charlie #26 11 R01-R08, R13-R15 27
Palmer, Ambrose #24 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 6
Power, Billy #31 5 R06, R11, R16-R18 0
Ryan, Joe #10 7 R01-R04, R16-R18 6
Ryan, Leo #17 15 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15-R17 1
Sainsbury, Rob #18 11 R01-R11 1
Shearer, Wally #33 6 R04-R07, R13-R14 9
Spargo, Bob #16 1 R01 0
Thoms, Jim #1 15 R02-R10, R12, R14-R18 3
Tribe, George #30 6 R07, R11-R15 8
Tribe, Tom #25 18 R01-R18 0
Ware, Norm #4 18 R01-R18 21

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)
Ware, Norm 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1941 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 41 Norm Ware Norm Ware
03/05/1941 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 38 Norm Ware Norm Ware
10/05/1941 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 42 Norm Ware Norm Ware
17/05/1941 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 1 Norm Ware Norm Ware
31/05/1941 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 49 Norm Ware Norm Ware
07/06/1941 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 28 Norm Ware Norm Ware
14/06/1941 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 42 Norm Ware Norm Ware
21/06/1941 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 15 Norm Ware Norm Ware
28/06/1941 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 15 Norm Ware Norm Ware
05/07/1941 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 10 Norm Ware Norm Ware
12/07/1941 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 39 Norm Ware Norm Ware
19/07/1941 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 22 Norm Ware Norm Ware
26/07/1941 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 52 Norm Ware Norm Ware
02/08/1941 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 26 Norm Ware Norm Ware
09/08/1941 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 29 Norm Ware Norm Ware
16/08/1941 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 16 Norm Ware Norm Ware
23/08/1941 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 17 Norm Ware Norm Ware
30/08/1941 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 15 Norm Ware Norm Ware