1931 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1931 between Footscray and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Footscray (10.12.72) defeated Melbourne (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 0 . 4 2 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 3
Jim Abernethy MELB 4 2
Bill Cubbins FOOT 2 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Adams, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 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