1931 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1931 between Footscray and Carlton during round six of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Colin Martyn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Footscray (8.8.56) were defeated by Carlton (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 27 June 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 8.8.56 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 3 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Carlton 0 . 0 3 . 8 4 . 10 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin FOOT by 16 CARL by 2 FOOT by 10 CARL by 3 CARL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Carlton

Captain: Colin Martyn
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

F. McDermott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Colin Martyn CARL 2 3
Ivan McAlpine FOOT 22 2
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dennington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
24 Joyce, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Williams, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Allen, Les ? ? 1 ?
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 1 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
23 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Downs, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
4 Martyn, Aubrey ? ? 0 ?
2 Martyn, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrissey, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 O'Rourke, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 3 ?
29 Williams, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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