1927 VFL Season Round 11: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1927 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round eleven of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

North Melbourne (9.18.72) were defeated by Footscray (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 9.18.72 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 13 7 . 16 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Footscray 5 . 4 13 . 6 13 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 47 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Syd Barker

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
15 Dowling, John ? ? 3 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
8 Lowe, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
3 McDowell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 3 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
33 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 4 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 5 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 4 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 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 50s