1925 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1925 between Footscray and Melbourne during round four of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Vic Samson as vice-captain. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Footscray (6.6.42) were defeated by Melbourne (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.6.42 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin level MELB by 16 MELB by 19 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bayliss, George ? ? 3 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Fraser, Wally ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 0 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
17 Harrison, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Mullens, Tom ? ? 1 ?
18 Nielsen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 1 ?
6 Sands, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Thompson, Sid ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Cannan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 2 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 3 ?
5 Donnelly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
6 Parker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
26 Wright, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 16

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