1927 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1927 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Footscray (10.6.66) were defeated by Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 September 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.6.66 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 12 MELB by 29 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 4 ?
24 Day, Roy ? ? 0 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 3 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 3 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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