1931 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1931 between Geelong and Footscray during round ten of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Ted Baker captained the hosts. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Clymo and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

Geelong (7.10.52) defeated Footscray (3.5.23).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 7.10.52 - 3.5.23

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 5 4 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Footscray 1 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 5 3 . 5 (23)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ivan McAlpine FOOT 22 3
Reg Hickey GEEL 18 2
Jack Carney GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Max ? ? 0 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 1 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

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 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 1 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 3 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