1946 Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday, April 20th, 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)
Attendance: 26,000
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 15.10.100 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 7 8 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ESS by 15 FOO by 7 ESS by 22 FOO by 2 FOO by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Arthur Olliver (Footscray), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Arthur Olliver (Footscray), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Alfred Sawyer
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat RU ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan C ? 2 ?
19 Evenden, Reg FB ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron FPL ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat HBFL ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry HFFR ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len CHB ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George WR ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim WL ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan HFFL ? 1 ?
15 Morrison, Alby SUB↑ ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur RU ? 3 ?
11 Rees, Evan HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe RO ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie FPR ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim SUB ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom BPL ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm CHF ? 3 ?
11 Weldon, Joe BPR↓ ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill FF ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total 15 10

Joe Weldon was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Alby Morrison at the start of the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon FPR ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill FF↓ ? 5 ?
35 Bushby, Percy RU ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally CHB ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack RU ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les HBFL ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George SUB↑ ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill WL ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Jory, Ron BPR ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris WR ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon HFFL ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
4 Matheson, Allan FPL ? 2 ?
31 McIvor, Ivor CHF ? 1 ?
20 Pearson, Bill C ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith RO↓ ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick HFFR ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec FB ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie SUB↑ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 14 14

Bill Brittingham was substituted out of the game and was replaced by George Hassell at the start of the fourth quarter.
Keith Rawle was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Herbie Tonkes in the fourth quarter.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
26 J. Lyons 21 C. Ruddell 27 R. Jory 8 P. Cahill 15 A. Morrison
6 C. Sutton 28 B. Wood 5 R. Grove 3 A. Olliver (c) 1 J. Thoms
FORWARD 10 J. Ryan

HALF-BACK



18 L. Gardiner 15 W. Buttsworth 24 J. Jones



7 H. Hickey 4 N. Ware 29 A. Moncrieff



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 B. Hutchison 20 B. Pearson 14 C. Lambert



21 G. McLaren 2 A. Collins 14 J. Miller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 P. Bushby 6 G. Hassell
HALF-FORWARD 19 J. Cassin 1 H. Tonkes
22 G. Lane 31 I. McIvor 3 D. Reynolds (c) 2 K. Rawle

11 E. Rees 27 L. McCankie 9 P. Hand



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 A. Matheson 23 B. Brittingham 25 G. Abbott



11 J. Weldon 19 R. Evenden 25 T. Tribe



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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