1921 VFA Season Preliminary Final: Footscray v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 8 October 1921 between Footscray and Williamstown in the final of the 1921 season of the Victorian Football Association. Footscray hosted Williamstown at East Melbourne. Percy Maybury captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Percy Maybury and the visitors were coached by Jim Caldwell.

Although initially Footscray (9.7.61) were defeated by Williamstown (10.5.65), this result was changed/overturned.

Match Details

Season: 1921 VFA Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Footscray v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 8 October 1921
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray drew with Williamstown (abandoned)
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.5.65
Result Overturned: Outcome does not align with score

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Williamstown 6 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 5 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Margin WILL by 23 WILL by 10 WILL by 4 WILL by 4 WILL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Percy Maybury
Coach: Percy Maybury

Williamstown

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Caldwell

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Doolan, Bill ? ? ? ?
Ellingsen, Percy ? ? ? ?
Grierson, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Howell, Jack ? ? ? ?
Martin, Jack ? ? ? ?
Maybury, Percy (c) ? ? ? ?
Meuleman, Jack ? ? ? ?
Nielsen, Frank ? ? ? ?
O'Brien, Jack ? ? ? ?
Ogilvie, George ? ? ? ?
Samson, Vic ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (11 players) 9 7

Williamstown

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Caldwell, Jim ? ? ? ?
Carpenter, Fred ? ? ? ?
Condon, Dick ? ? ? ?
Geisler, Tom ? ? ? ?
Haughton, Harry ? ? ? ?
McAuliffe, Jim ? ? ? ?
McDonald, Norm ? ? ? ?
Miles, Herb ? ? ? ?
Mitchell, Stan ? ? ? ?
Munro, Hugh ? ? ? ?
Stanbridge, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (11 players) 10 5

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