1912 VFA Season Round 1: Footscray v Melbourne City

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1912 between Footscray and Melbourne City during round one of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football Association. Footscray hosted Melbourne City at Western Oval. Jim Spence captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jim Cassidy and the visitors were coached by George Johnson.

Footscray (19.20.134) defeated Melbourne City (3.3.21).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFA Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne City
Date: Saturday 27 April 1912
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne City
Score: 19.20.134 - 3.3.21

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 7 10 . 10 12 . 15 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Melbourne City 1 . 1 1 . 1 3 . 1 3 . 3 3 . 3 (21)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 63 FOOT by 68 FOOT by 113 FOOT by 113
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Spence
Coach: Jim Cassidy

Melbourne City

Captain: unknown
Coach: George Johnson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Banbury, Vern ? ? ? ?
Baxter, Jim ? ? ? ?
Borthwick, Jack ? ? ? ?
Clarke, Archie ? ? ? ?
Cotton, Roy ? ? ? ?
Craddock, Johnny ? ? ? ?
McCluskey, Tom ? ? ? ?
Spence, Jim (c) ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (8 players) 19 20

Melbourne City

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beck, Les ? ? ? ?
Kiker, Joe ? ? ? ?
O'Connor, George ? ? ? ?
Pash, Martin ? ? ? ?
Robinson, Arch ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (5 players) 3 3

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