1925 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1925 between Melbourne and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Vic Samson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Con McCarthy.

Melbourne (10.9.69) defeated Footscray (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 August 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,364

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.9.69 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 4 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Footscray 6 . 7 7 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 21 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 3 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 1 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
45 Bagley, Seddon ? ? 0 ?
32 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Croft, Joshua ? ? 2 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 4 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 McDonald, Norm ? ? 1 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 1 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

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