1926 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1926 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round two of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Cassidy and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Footscray (8.9.57) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.9.57 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
South Melbourne 6 . 6 7 . 6 12 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin SMLB by 33 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 37 SMLB by 33 SMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Jim Cassidy

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Barlow

Boundary Umpires

D. Young

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Bagley, Seddon ? ? 1 ?
19 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 1 ?
4 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 1 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 2 ?
35 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 1 ?
6 Allison, Bobby ? ? 3 ?
5 Anderson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Barlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Cameron, Paul ? ? 2 ?
11 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 2 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Condon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Hogg, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 3 ?
20 Mahony, Harold ? ? 1 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
25 Nicholls, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Stanbridge, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 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