1948 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-7, P%: 103.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Charlie Sutton (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Wood (40)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Harry Hickey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Norm #15 1 R03 0
Barker, Lou #26 15 R01, R03-R11, R14-R18 5
Bryden, Dave #18 20 R01-R19, SF 2
Bulman, Alan #17 12 R03-R09, R12-R14, R16-R17 4
Cumming, Eric #5 8 R06, R09, R15-R19, SF 0
Donald, Wally #22 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Evenden, Reg #19 3 R01-R02, R10 0
Hickey, Harry #7 19 R01-R13, R15-R19, SF 11
Isaac, Max #8 12 R01-R02, R08, R12-R19, SF 5
King, Jack #31 1 R15 0
Laffey, Merv #12 18 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16-R19, SF 30
Linton, Alby #20 5 R01-R03, R11, R15 0
Logan, Jack #23 10 R01-R06, R11-R13, R15 4
McCankie, Len #27 13 R01, R06-R15, R18, SF 1
McDonnell, Marty #32 19 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF 1
McLaren, George #21 19 R01-R02, R04-R19, SF 3
Miller, Jim #14 1 R02 0
Miller, Tom #24 9 R01-R02, R08-R14 1
Moncrieff, Allan #29 11 R03-R11, R19, SF 0
Morrissey, Vin #9 8 R13-R19, SF 0
Olliver, Arthur #3 19 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF 31
Parker, Les #11 2 R02, R04 0
Rees, Evan #31 14 R01-R13, R15 0
Reid, Bob #4 16 R01-R12, R17-R19, SF 25
Robb, Tim #30 20 R01-R19, SF 31
Ryan, Joe #10 4 R09, R18-R19, SF 8
Storey, Jack #14 5 R14-R17, R19 3
Sutton, Charlie #6 19 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF 0
Templeton, Bob #2 3 R03, R10, R18 0
Vanderfeen, Geoff #25 2 R05, R07 0
Wallis, Stan #34 1 R05 0
Wearmouth, Dick #33 16 R04-R10, R12-R19, SF 3
Webb, Norm #1 19 R01-R08, R10-R19, SF 7
Welsh, Jack #16 10 R02-R03, R07, R10, R14-R17, R19, SF 0
Wilson, Vern #23 1 R16 0
Wood, Bill #28 18 R01, R03-R09, R11-R19, SF 41
Yewers, Clive #20 7 R04-R05, R11-R15 3

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 20 12 -0- 8 R01-R19, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 80 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
24/04/1948 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 75 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
01/05/1948 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 39 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
08/05/1948 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
15/05/1948 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
22/05/1948 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 7 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
29/05/1948 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 32 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
05/06/1948 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 15 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
14/06/1948 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 7 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
19/06/1948 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 82 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
03/07/1948 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 52 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/07/1948 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 38 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
17/07/1948 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 7 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
24/07/1948 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 5 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
07/08/1948 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 68 Arthur Olliver unknown
14/08/1948 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 34 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
21/08/1948 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 18 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
28/08/1948 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 51 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
04/09/1948 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 53 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
11/09/1948 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver