1927 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1927 between Melbourne and Footscray during round nine of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Melbourne (10.13.73) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,171

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.13.73 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Footscray 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOOT by 12 MELB by 2 MELB by 17 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 4 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
20 Meade, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 3 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Power, Henry ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallace, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 9

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