1942 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Yarraville Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 10-0-4, P%: 126.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by South Melbourne (Semi Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Ware (48)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ted Ellis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Ware

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Cahill, Frank #14 10 R05, R07-R13, R16, SF 12
Chisholm, Norm #22 14 R02-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 0
Collins, Alan #2 14 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16 29
De Medici, Joe #29 2 R01, R03 2
Dolphin, Harry #8 1 R01 0
Dougherty, George #19 10 R06-R09, R11-R14, R16, SF 12
Ellis, Ted #15 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 0
Evenden, Reg #19 4 R01-R02, R09, R12 1
Gibby, Jack #17 5 R10-R14 6
Gray, Jack #18 2 R14, SF 0
Grove, Ron #5 10 R02-R03, R05-R06, R08-R09, R13-R14, R16, SF 6
Harris, Wally #12 4 R01-R03, R05 2
Hickey, Harry #7 10 R07-R14, R16, SF 8
Houston, Bill #32 13 R01-R03, R05-R11, R13-R14, R16 19
Huppatz, Eric #12 1 R14 1
McCankie, Len #27 14 R01-R03, R05-R13, R16, SF 0
McTaggart, Bert #6 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 1
Morrison, Alby #9 14 R02-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 0
Nankervis, Vic #21 2 R06, R13 3
Neal, Les #33 1 R10 3
Olliver, Arthur #3 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 1
Palmer, Ambrose #24 12 R01-R03, R05-R12, SF 7
Power, Billy #31 1 R01 0
Ryan, Joe #10 11 R01-R03, R05-R12 28
Sampson, Alf #11 7 R01, R06-R09, R16, SF 3
Shearer, Wally #20 14 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R14, R16, SF 9
Sutton, Charlie #26 8 R02-R03, R05-R07, R14, R16, SF 0
Thoms, Jim #1 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 0
Tribe, George #30 11 R01-R03, R05, R10-R14, R16, SF 13
Tribe, Tom #25 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 0
Ware, Norm #4 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF 51

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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 15 10 -0- 5 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
09/05/1942 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Norm Ware Norm Ware
16/05/1942 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 Norm Ware Norm Ware
23/05/1942 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 76 Norm Ware Norm Ware
Round 4 BYE
06/06/1942 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Norm Ware Norm Ware
13/06/1942 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Norm Ware Norm Ware
20/06/1942 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 19 Norm Ware Norm Ware
27/06/1942 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 56 Norm Ware Norm Ware
04/07/1942 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 30 Norm Ware Norm Ware
11/07/1942 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 71 Norm Ware Norm Ware
18/07/1942 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 31 Norm Ware Norm Ware
25/07/1942 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 7 Norm Ware Norm Ware
01/08/1942 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 34 Norm Ware Norm Ware
08/08/1942 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 79 Norm Ware Norm Ware
Round 15 BYE
22/08/1942 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 37 Norm Ware Norm Ware
29/08/1942 Semi Final South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 27 Norm Ware Norm Ware