1931 VFL Season Round 8: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1931 between St Kilda and Footscray during round eight of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Harold Matthews captained the hosts. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

St Kilda (7.10.52) were defeated by Footscray (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 June 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 7.10.52 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Footscray 3 . 1 4 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Matthews
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 3
George White STKL 8 2
Wally Minogue FOOT 3 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Anderson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
15 Fraser, Alex ? ? 0 ?
29 Hindson, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
4 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 King, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
17 Loveless, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 McLorinan, Jock ? ? 1 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 4 ?
31 Neil, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
27 Scanlon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 White, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

Footscray

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