1943 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 7-0-8, P%: 93.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Collins (40)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Alan Collins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bauer, Don #36 10 R06-R07, R09-R16 0
Cahill, Frank #24 5 R06-R07, R09-R11 4
Cahill, Pat #14 1 R15 1
Chisholm, Norm #22 15 R02-R16 2
Collins, Alan #2 12 R02-R13 40
Dougherty, George #19 15 R02-R16 18
Dudley, Merv #34 7 R03-R05, R07-R08, R10, R16 7
Ellis, Ted #15 12 R02-R13 0
Esse, Herb 1 R16 0
Evenden, Reg #8 5 R02-R04, R06, R12 0
Gingell, Harry #28 6 R08-R13 0
Gray, Jack #21 9 R03-R09, R11-R12 0
Greenham, Jim #7 11 R04, R07-R16 18
Grove, Ron #5 12 R02-R08, R10-R14 2
Hale, Gordon #11 5 R02, R13-R16 2
Hand, Pat #9 9 R08-R16 0
Harris, Wally #12 10 R02, R05-R08, R10-R12, R14, R16 6
Houston, Bill #32 2 R04-R05 0
Kennedy, Del 3 R14-R16 0
Law, Jack 4 R13-R16 3
Malone, Jack #16 1 R11 0
McCankie, Len #27 13 R02-R03, R05-R15 0
McMahon, Tom #11 2 R04-R05 0
McTaggart, Bert #6 15 R02-R16 0
McTaggart, Bill #31 13 R02-R09, R12-R16 12
Miller, Jim #33 5 R12-R16 0
Moncrieff, Allan 2 R13, R15 0
Olliver, Arthur #3 15 R02-R16 9
O'Neill, Gerry #29 13 R02-R11, R14-R16 0
Palmer, Ambrose #24 2 R02-R03 0
Palmer, Keith #18 5 R02-R06 4
Ryan, Joe #10 14 R02-R10, R12-R16 29
Thoms, Jim #1 15 R02-R16 5
Tribe, George #30 2 R02-R03 0
Tribe, Tom #25 13 R02-R11, R14-R16 1
Weldon, Joe #4 1 R09 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)
Olliver, Arthur 15 7 -0- 8 R02-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
Round 1 BYE
15/05/1943 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
22/05/1943 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
29/05/1943 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 41 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
05/06/1943 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
12/06/1943 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 80 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
19/06/1943 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 34 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
26/06/1943 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 21 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
03/07/1943 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 10 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/07/1943 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
17/07/1943 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 22 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
31/07/1943 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 80 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
07/08/1943 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 74 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
14/08/1943 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 11 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
21/08/1943 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 13 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
28/08/1943 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver