1914 VFA Season Grand Final: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1914 between North Melbourne and Footscray in the final of the 1914 season of the Victorian Football Association. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at East Melbourne. Charlie Hardy captained the hosts. Johnny Craddock captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Jim Cassidy.

North Melbourne (12.14.86) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1914 VFA Season
Round: Final (Grand Final)
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 August 1914
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 12.14.86 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 6 . 10 9 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOOT by 5 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Hardy

Footscray

Captain: Johnny Craddock
Coach: Jim Cassidy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Syd ? ? ? ?
Carpenter, Fred ? ? ? ?
Condon, Dick ? ? ? ?
Gardiner, Teddy ? ? ? ?
Hardy, Charlie (c) ? ? ? ?
Hawkins, D. ? ? ? ?
Jones, Tom ? ? ? ?
Miles, Herb ? ? ? ?
Rawle, George ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (9 players) 12 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Banbury, Vern ? ? ? ?
Baxter, Jim ? ? ? ?
Clarke, Archie ? ? ? ?
Cotton, Roy ? ? ? ?
Craddock, Johnny (c) ? ? ? ?
Ford, Norm ? ? ? ?
Grierson, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Grimshaw, Tom ? ? ? ?
Harris, William ? ? ? ?
Lawson, Fred ? ? ? ?
Neilsen, Franz ? ? ? ?
Samson, Vic ? ? ? ?
Spence, Jim ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (13 players) 7 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