1950 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 91.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Charlie Sutton (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Wood (45)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Charlie Sutton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Angus #30 13 R01-R03, R05, R07-R08, R11-R16, R18 0
Barrett, John #7 4 R10-R13 0
Bodsworth, Vic #16 2 R08-R09 2
Bryden, Dave #18 12 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09, R14-R18 8
Bulman, Alan #17 7 R01, R06-R08, R12-R13, R15 2
Charles, Norm #29 1 R12 0
Collins, Jack #2 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 10
Donald, Wally #22 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 0
Edwards, Norm 2 R04-R05 0
Egan, Reg #8 16 R02-R11, R13-R18 23
Henderson, Don #1 16 R02-R09, R11-R18 12
Henderson, Herb #1 1 R17 0
Hutcheson, Morrie #15 5 R10-R12, R14-R15 0
Isaac, Max #11 5 R01, R03-R05, R10 1
Kelly, Bill #10 7 R05-R09, R12-R13 1
King, Jack #31 1 R11 0
Laffey, Merv #12 8 R01-R03, R14-R18 15
Linton, Alby #23 9 R01-R02, R04, R07, R09-R12, R14 1
Martin, Alan #19 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 7
McCankie, Len #27 14 R01-R11, R13, R17-R18 4
McDonnell, Marty #32 15 R01, R03-R05, R08-R18 1
McLaren, George #21 14 R01-R10, R15-R18 4
McRae, Frank #16 11 R08-R18 1
Miller, Tom #24 12 R01-R04, R10, R12-R18 2
Moncrieff, Allan #29 7 R01-R06, R11 1
Olliver, Arthur #3 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 27
Reardon, Bill #20 13 R02-R11, R14-R16 5
Rees, Evan #31 14 R02, R06-R18 0
Reid, Bruce #23 8 R01, R06, R12-R17 3
Scanlan, Bill #26 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 14
Smallwood, Bernie #14 4 R02, R06-R07, R18 0
Sutton, Charlie #6 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 8
Vanderfeen, Geoff #9 7 R03, R05-R07, R12-R14 0
Wearmouth, Dick #33 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 10
Wood, Bill #28 15 R01, R03-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 45

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 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1950 Round 1 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
29/04/1950 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 33 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
06/05/1950 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 69 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
13/05/1950 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 71 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
20/05/1950 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 16 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
27/05/1950 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
03/06/1950 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 72 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
10/06/1950 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 63 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
17/06/1950 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 33 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
24/06/1950 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 4 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
01/07/1950 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 46 Arthur Olliver unknown
08/07/1950 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
15/07/1950 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
29/07/1950 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
05/08/1950 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
12/08/1950 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
19/08/1950 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 13 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
26/08/1950 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver