1924 VFA Season Grand Final: Footscray v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1924 between Footscray and Williamstown in the final of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football Association. Footscray hosted Williamstown at Arden Street Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts. Fred Carpenter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Fred Carpenter.

Footscray (11.11.77) defeated Williamstown (3.4.22).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFA Season
Round: Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Footscray v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 20 September 1924
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Williamstown
Score: 11.11.77 - 3.4.22

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 4 . 6 9 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Williamstown 0 . 1 0 . 4 0 . 4 3 . 4 3 . 4 (22)
Margin FOOT by 22 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 59 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Coach: Con McCarthy

Williamstown

Captain: Fred Carpenter
Coach: Fred Carpenter

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Doolan, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Eason, Alec RO ? 0 ?
13 Ford, Norm CHB ? 0 ?
20 Fraser, Wally BPR ? 0 ?
12 Gibb, Rupert WR ? 0 ?
Hopkins, Allan HFFL ? 2 ?
27 Laidlaw, Col C ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) RU ? 0 ?
McHenry, Tommy HFFR ? 0 ?
14 McIntyre, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
4 Merton, Alf WL ? 0 ?
15 Meuleman, Jack FB ? 0 ?
23 Mullens, Tom FF ? 5 ?
5 Nielsen, Frank HBFL ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack CHF ? 4 ?
16 Punch, Les FPR ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic RU ? 0 ?
9 Zinnick, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 11

Williamstown

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Ball, Reg BPR ? 0 ?
Beer, Leon CHF ? 0 ?
Blanche, Ted HBFL ? 0 ?
12 Britt, Gerry RU ? 1 ?
1 Carpenter, Fred (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
3 Condon, Dick BPL ? 0 ?
14 Conlon, Syd HBFR ? 0 ?
21 Geddes, Allan WR ? 0 ?
15 Geisler, Tom RU ? 0 ?
2 Holten, Aubrey C ? 0 ?
13 Lee, Phil HFFR ? 0 ?
25 McDonald, Norm FPL ? 0 ?
19 Mitchell, Stan RO ? 0 ?
11 Munn, Jack FF ? 2 ?
20 Munro, Hugh WL ? 0 ?
Stanford, Joe FPR ? 0 ?
4 Stone, Les CHB ? 0 ?
8 Truman, Vic FB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 4

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Con McCarthy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 D. Condon 8 V. Truman 16 R. Ball 1 C. McCarthy (c)

16 L. Punch 23 T. Mullens 9 C. Zinnick 2 V. Samson

FORWARD A. Eason

HALF-BACK



T. Blanche 4 L. Stone 14 S. Conlon



T. McHenry 25 J. O'Brien A. Hopkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



20 H. Munro 2 A. Holten 21 A. Geddes



12 R. Gibb 27 C. Laidlaw 4 A. Merton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 G. Britt

HALF-FORWARD 15 T. Geisler

1 F. Carpenter (c) L. Beer 13 P. Lee 19 S. Mitchell

14 B. McIntyre 13 N. Ford 5 F. Nielsen



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 N. McDonald 11 J. Munn J. Stanford



20 W. Fraser 15 J. Meuleman 11 B. Doolan



BACK



Williamstown Coach: Fred Carpenter