1925 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1925 between Footscray and Geelong during round six of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Vic Samson as vice-captain. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Footscray (9.8.62) were defeated by Geelong (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 June 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 9.8.62 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 5 . 4 5 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Geelong 7 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 8 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin GEEL by 37 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
15 Croft, Joshua ? ? 2 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Fraser, Wally ? ? 1 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 2 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 1 ?
6 Sands, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Thompson, Sid ? ? 0 ?
7 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
27 White, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 Paterson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 4 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
22 Sharland, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 1 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 11

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