1906 VFA Season Grand Final: West Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1906 between West Melbourne and Footscray in the final of the 1906 season of the Victorian Football Association. West Melbourne hosted Footscray at East Melbourne. Arch Johnson captained the hosts. Nancy Williams captained the visitors.

West Melbourne (7.8.50) defeated Footscray (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1906 VFA Season
Round: Final (Grand Final)
Teams: West Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 September 1906
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: West Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 7.8.50 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Melbourne 0 . 0 3 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Footscray 3 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 8 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin FOOT by 20 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 7 WMLB by 11 WMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

West Melbourne

Captain: Arch Johnson

Footscray

Captain: Nancy Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Souter

Goal Umpires

D. Elder
H. Mathrick

Boundary Umpires

J. O'Loughlin
H. Woolfe

Player Statistics

West Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou ? ? ? ?
Gregory, Art ? ? ? ?
Johnson, Arch (c) ? ? ? ?
Madden, Bill ? ? ? ?
Rourke, Edward ? ? ? ?
Ryan, Bert ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (6 players) 7 8

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Archie ? ? ? ?
Cotton, Roy ? ? ? ?
Harris, William ? ? ? ?
Hedley, Tom ? ? ? ?
Marmo, Joe ? ? ? ?
McKinley, Tom ? ? ? ?
Stevenson, Ted ? ? ? ?
Williams, Nancy (c) ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (8 players) 5 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s