1944 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 106.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Wood (50)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Arthur Olliver

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Benison, Alf #28 9 R04-R10, R12, R18 6
Cahill, Frank #24 6 R11-R12, R15-R18 2
Cahill, Pat #14 3 R01-R03 2
Chalmers, Harry #26 9 R11-R18, SF 1
Collins, Alan #2 15 R01-R02, R04-R15, SF 8
Dudley, Merv #16 9 R01-R02, R07-R10, R17-R18, SF 3
Ellis, Ted #15 4 R01-R04 0
Esse, Herb #21 9 R02, R04-R10, R12 0
Greenham, Jim #20 12 R01-R02, R10-R18, SF 5
Grove, Ron #5 17 R01-R10, R13-R18, SF 11
Hand, Pat #9 19 R01-R18, SF 2
Henderson, Don #17 11 R01-R06, R09-R11, R16, SF 2
Hickey, Harry #7 19 R01-R18, SF 21
Hillis, Leo #26 2 R03-R04 0
Houston, Bill #12 3 R01, R04, R07 1
Kelly, Frank #4 1 R02 0
Kennedy, Del #23 5 R05, R11-R14 0
Law, Jack #33 2 R03, R05 0
McBean, Mal #19 1 R13 0
McCankie, Len #27 14 R01, R03-R11, R16-R18, SF 0
McDonnell, Marty #32 3 R02-R04 0
McLaren, George #21 14 R06-R18, SF 1
McTaggart, Bert #6 19 R01-R18, SF 0
McTaggart, Bill #31 15 R01, R05-R11, R13-R18, SF 16
Miller, Jim #14 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 7
Olliver, Arthur #3 19 R01-R18, SF 12
O'Neill, Gerry #29 3 R13-R14, R17 2
Ryan, Joe #10 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 23
Sexton, Gerry #22 9 R11-R18, SF 0
Sutton, Jack #6 9 R06, R08-R09, R11-R16 4
Thoms, Jim #1 3 R01-R03 0
Tribe, George #30 17 R01-R02, R05-R18, SF 24
Tribe, Tom #25 16 R01-R03, R05-R15, R18, SF 0
Ware, Norm #4 5 R13-R17 13
Wearmouth, Dick #33 2 R03-R04 0
Weldon, Joe #35 6 R03-R08 3
Wood, Bill #28 15 R03-R12, R15-R18, SF 51

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 19 12 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 58 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
13/05/1944 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 15 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
20/05/1944 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 8 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
27/05/1944 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 34 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
03/06/1944 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 5 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/06/1944 Round 6 Richmond AWAY DRAW drawn Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
17/06/1944 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
24/06/1944 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 38 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
01/07/1944 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
08/07/1944 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 39 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
15/07/1944 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 3 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
22/07/1944 Round 12 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
29/07/1944 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 23 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
05/08/1944 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 39 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
12/08/1944 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 4 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
19/08/1944 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
26/08/1944 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 25 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
02/09/1944 Round 18 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
09/09/1944 Semi Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 49 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver