1925 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1925 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round two of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Vic Samson as vice-captain. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Footscray (10.10.70) defeated South Melbourne (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.10.70 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Wickham

Goal Umpires

T. Phillips
R. Williams

Boundary Umpires

C. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Fraser, Wally ? ? 1 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 0 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Larkin, Martin ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Meuleman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Mullens, Tom ? ? 3 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 1 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Thompson, Sid ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 0 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Fleiter, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Freyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Harris, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
17 Hogg, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Jacobsen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 6 ?
15 Joyce, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Laird, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
25 Nicholls, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
8 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Stanbridge, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

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