1929 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1929 between Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. In the absence of Allan Hopkins, Norm Woodman captained the visitors with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Alec Eason.

Melbourne (11.16.82) defeated Footscray (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 August 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,891

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.16.82 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 11 9 . 14 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Footscray 3 . 1 4 . 1 5 . 1 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin FOOT by 16 MELB by 10 MELB by 37 MELB by 41 MELB by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Footscray

Captain: Norm Woodman (acting)
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
37 Cassidy, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 6 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 1 ?
16 Greenwood, Richard ? ? 0 ?
32 Izzard, Bonnie ? ? 1 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
20 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shade, Eric ? ? 0 ?
14 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 1 ?
Stanley, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Woodman, Norm (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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