1930 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1930 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Norm Woodman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan Hopkins.

Melbourne (17.18.120) defeated Footscray (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 May 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,975

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.18.120 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 9 14 . 15 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 16 MELB by 44 MELB by 58 MELB by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Norm Woodman
Coach: Allan Hopkins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

J. Brandon

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
37 Cassidy, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Crapper, Harry ? ? 3 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 2 ?
7 Driver, Vince ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 4 ?
38 Moodie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 1 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 4 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 1 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Donnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
12 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Shade, Eric ? ? 0 ?
19 Smith, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
6 Warden, Wally ? ? 1 ?
19 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Williams, Roy ? ? 2 ?
2 Woodman, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 8

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