1927 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1927 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round three of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
In the absence of Paddy Scanlan, vice-captain Allan Hopkins captained the hosts.
Clarrie Lethlean captained the visitors with Jim McCashney as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.
Footscray (10.18.78) defeated Hawthorn (7.10.52).
Match Details
Season:
1927 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 14 May 1927
Time:
2:45 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
11,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray | 2 | . | 0 | 5 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 18 | 10 | . | 18 | (78) |
| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 10 | 7 | . | 10 | 7 | . | 10 | (52) |
| Margin | HWTH by 16 | FOOT by 8 | HWTH by 6 | FOOT by 26 | FOOT by 26 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Footscray
Captain: Allan Hopkins (acting)Coach: Paddy Scanlan
Hawthorn
Captain: Clarrie LethleanVice-Captain: Jim McCashney
Coach: Dan Minogue
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Anthony, George | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| 8 | Birnstihl, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Bult, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Chapple, Les | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Doolan, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Gaudion, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Hopkins, Allan (ac) | ? | ? | 5 | ? |
| 11 | Johns, Harry | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 16 | Johnstone, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | McAlpine, Ivan | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 17 | McDonald, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Neill, Harry | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Outen, Alby | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Sharpley, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Thompson, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Wallace, Don | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 5 | Whight, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Whitfield, Archie | ? | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 10 | 18 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 5 | Arnott, George | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Boothman, Jack | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Calwell, Bert | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Hammond, Bob | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Hyde, Bert | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Keary, Pat | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Lethlean, Clarrie (c) | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Lonsdale, Clarrie | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 8 | McCashney, Jim (vc) | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Naylor, Reg | CHB | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Pickford, Jack | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Pool, Ted | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Sellers, Bob | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Sherer, Charlie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Sinclair, Jim | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Stewart, Stuart | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Utting, Ernie | HBFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| Wells, Norm | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 7 | 10 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Footscray | Coach: Paddy Scanlan | ||||||||||||||
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| 23 | P. Keary | 5 | G. Arnott | 27 | C. Sherer |
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| 15 | J. Pickford | 31 | R. Naylor | 12 | E. Utting |
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| 26 | B. Calwell | 8 | J. McCashney (vc) | 6 | J. Boothman |
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| HALF-FORWARD | 9 | S. Stewart |
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| 29 | C. Lonsdale | 21 | B. Hammond | 16 | C. Lethlean (c) | 19 | T. Pool |
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| N. Wells | 20 | B. Hyde | 2 | J. Sinclair |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: Dan Minogue | ||||||||||||||