1927 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1927 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round five of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Charlie Pannam captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Footscray (7.13.55) defeated South Melbourne (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 4 . 4 6 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 3 . 8 5 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Pannam
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 4 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallace, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Barlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Barnes, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Berryman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Bourke, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Martin ? ? 0 ?
11 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 2 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Fairley, Rolland ? ? 1 ?
27 Ferguson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 2 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
1 Pannam, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 1 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Sutton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
34 Wheelahan, Danny ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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