1926 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1926 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Cassidy and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Footscray (6.10.46) were defeated by Melbourne (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.10.46 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Melbourne 5 . 3 7 . 3 13 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 18 MELB by 57 MELB by 59 MELB by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Clissold, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 3 ?
32 Howell, Gus ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sharpley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 6 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 15

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