1926 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1926 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Harry Saunders.

Melbourne (20.20.140) defeated Footscray (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 September 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 6,684

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 20.20.140 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 9 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 14 20 . 20 20 . 20 (140)
Footscray 1 . 1 6 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin MELB by 52 MELB by 37 MELB by 60 MELB by 72 MELB by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 1 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 3 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 6 ?
11 Jones, Tom ? ? 2 ?
7 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Lawrence, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 4 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 20 20

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, Harry ? ? 2 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 1 ?
Considine, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 1 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Knott, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Neill, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

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