1931 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1931 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

Melbourne (13.9.87) defeated Footscray (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,244

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 13.9.87 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 4 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Footscray 2 . 4 6 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 3
George Margitich MELB 3 2
Bill Spurling FOOT 14 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Crapper, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 5 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 3 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 Bazin, Leon ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 2 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 3 ?
24 Joyce, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 1 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
28 Sherman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 11

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