1929 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1929 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Allan Hopkins captained the hosts with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. Charlie Stanbridge captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Eason and the visitors were coached by Fred Fleiter.

Footscray (11.9.75) defeated South Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.9.75 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 8 . 4 10 . 5 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
South Melbourne 0 . 6 4 . 7 5 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Stanbridge
Coach: Fred Fleiter (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 2 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Barlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Downie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Greenwood, Richard ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 4 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 0 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 9

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
29 Barnes, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
14 Churchill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Hillis, Ron ? ? 2 ?
32 Hutton, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
17 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
31 Pettiona, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
5 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Powell, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 2 ?
26 Scott, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Stanbridge, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Wheelahan, Danny ? ? 0 ?
16 Wildie, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 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