1929 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1929 between Footscray and Geelong during round ten of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. In the absence of Allan Hopkins, vice-captain Arthur Stevens captained the hosts. Arthur Coghlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Eason and the visitors were coached by Arthur Coghlan.

Footscray (9.13.67) defeated Geelong (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 July 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 9.13.67 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Geelong 4 . 1 6 . 3 9 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 12 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Stevens (acting)
Coach: Alec Eason

Geelong

Captain: Arthur Coghlan
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Downie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
25 Lukeman, Joe ? ? 0 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
20 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shade, Eric ? ? 1 ?
14 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 0 ?
15 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (ac) ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Bretherton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Bumpstead, Ewen ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
21 Hardiman, Les ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
4 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 2 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Vautier, Len ? ? 3 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 5

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