1946 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 117.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Semi Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Miller (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Wood (51)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Joe Ryan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Broadway, Allan #32 3 R06-R08 1
Cahill, Pat #8 7 R01-R02, R04-R08 1
Collins, Alan #2 14 R01-R02, R09-R19, SF 32
Coulton, Don #11 7 R08-R12, R14-R15 0
Donald, Wally #22 1 R15 0
Evenden, Reg #19 19 R01-R13, R15-R19, SF 0
Fountain, Bruce #20 11 R08, R11-R19, SF 1
Grove, Ron #5 13 R01-R12, R19 24
Hand, Pat #9 12 R01-R11, R13 0
Hickey, Harry #7 18 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14-R19, SF 10
Laffey, Merv #12 7 R06-R08, R12, R14, R18, SF 5
Logan, Jack #23 2 R03, R18 0
Mather, Vic #34 1 R05 0
McCankie, Len #27 19 R01-R10, R12-R19, SF 1
McDonnell, Marty #32 12 R09-R19, SF 0
McLaren, George #21 19 R01-R16, R18-R19, SF 5
Miller, Jim #14 17 R01-R11, R13-R16, R19, SF 1
Moncrieff, Allan #29 19 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF 11
Morrison, Alby #15 20 R01-R19, SF 5
Olliver, Arthur #3 20 R01-R19, SF 26
Power, Billy #16 1 R17 0
Rees, Evan #11 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Ryan, Joe #10 19 R01-R19 22
Sampson, Alf #8 2 R14, SF 0
Scott, Ken #26 11 R03-R05, R07, R09-R10, R16-R19, SF 1
Sutton, Charlie #6 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Thoms, Jim #1 19 R01-R13, R15-R19, SF 50
Tribe, George #30 7 R07, R09-R10, R13-R16 1
Tribe, Tom #25 7 R01-R06, R17 0
Ware, Norm #4 14 R01-R04, R11-R19, SF 33
Wearmouth, Dick #33 12 R03-R06, R10-R13, R17-R19, SF 5
Weldon, Joe #11 2 R01-R02 0
Welsh, Jack #2 5 R13-R17 4
Wood, Bill #28 20 R01-R19, SF 52

Team Line-Up

Back: Tom Tribe Reg Evenden Joe Weldon
Half-Back: Pat Hand Len McCankie Evan Rees
Centre: Jim Miller Alan Collins George McLaren
Half-Forward: Allan Moncrieff Norm Ware Harry Hickey
Forward: Ron Grove Bill Wood Charlie Sutton
Follower: Pat Cahill Arthur Olliver Joe Ryan
Interchange: Alby Morrison Jim Thoms

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 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1946 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
27/04/1946 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 48 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
04/05/1946 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 16 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
11/05/1946 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 21 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
18/05/1946 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 61 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
25/05/1946 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 3 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
01/06/1946 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/06/1946 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 63 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
15/06/1946 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 7 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
22/06/1946 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
06/07/1946 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 51 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
13/07/1946 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
20/07/1946 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 5 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
27/07/1946 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 53 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
03/08/1946 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 6 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/08/1946 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 21 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
17/08/1946 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 62 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
24/08/1946 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 112 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
31/08/1946 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 43 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
07/09/1946 Semi Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 18 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver