1947 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 8-1-10, P%: 96.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Marty McDonnell, Joe Ryan, Bill Wood (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Wood (75)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Joe Ryan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harry Hickey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Norm #15 3 R06-R07, R16 1
Baglin, Lindsay #24 1 R14 0
Barker, Lou #26 7 R05, R09-R13, R18 0
Bryden, Dave #18 7 R13-R19 1
Cahill, Pat #8 8 R01, R05-R10, R12 2
Collinson, Dick #11 2 R10, R12 0
Donald, Wally #22 19 R01-R19 0
Evenden, Reg #19 16 R01-R02, R04-R17 0
Fountain, Bruce #20 12 R01-R04, R06-R11, R15-R16 0
Gardner, Norm #5 2 R03-R04 0
Grove, Ron #5 1 R05 1
Hand, Pat #9 13 R01-R04, R11-R19 0
Hickey, Harry #7 14 R01-R06, R08, R13-R19 11
Isaac, Max #26 3 R16-R18 0
Laffey, Merv #12 8 R04-R05, R07-R11, R19 11
Linton, Alby #2 3 R13-R15 1
Logan, Jack #23 19 R01-R19 10
McCankie, Len #27 16 R01-R02, R04-R15, R17, R19 2
McDonnell, Marty #32 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 0
McLaren, George #21 18 R01-R04, R06-R19 3
Miller, Jim #14 18 R01-R03, R05-R19 1
Miller, Tom #14 5 R11-R12, R17-R19 0
Moncrieff, Allan #29 14 R01-R08, R10, R12, R15-R16, R18-R19 7
Olliver, Arthur #3 18 R01-R04, R06-R19 33
Raine, Laurie #17 2 R13-R14 0
Rees, Evan #31 18 R01-R10, R12-R19 0
Robb, Tim #30 15 R01-R06, R09-R13, R16-R19 29
Ryan, Joe #10 19 R01-R19 23
Scott, Ken #26 2 R02-R03 2
Sutton, Charlie #6 18 R01-R17, R19 0
Templeton, Bob #2 7 R03-R08, R11 0
Wearmouth, Dick #33 10 R01-R03, R08-R12, R14-R15 6
Webb, Norm #1 15 R05-R19 4
Welsh, Jack #16 9 R01-R05, R07, R09, R17-R18 7
Wood, Bill #28 16 R01-R09, R13-R19 75
Yewers, Clive 4 R11, R16, R18-R19 1

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)
Crowe, Jim 19 8 -1- 10 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 61 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
26/04/1947 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 14 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
03/05/1947 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 52 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
10/05/1947 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 54 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
17/05/1947 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 41 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
24/05/1947 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 14 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
31/05/1947 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 7 Jim Crowe unknown
07/06/1947 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 34 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
14/06/1947 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 17 Jim Crowe unknown
21/06/1947 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 31 Jim Crowe unknown
28/06/1947 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 17 Jim Crowe unknown
05/07/1947 Round 12 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Jim Crowe unknown
12/07/1947 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 19 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
19/07/1947 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 29 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
26/07/1947 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 4 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
09/08/1947 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
16/08/1947 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
23/08/1947 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 75 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey
30/08/1947 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 64 Jim Crowe Harry Hickey