1932 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1932 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eight of the 1932 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Bill Cubbins, vice-captain Allan Hopkins captained the hosts. Frank Vine captained the visitors with Jim Abernethy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Footscray (10.7.67) defeated Melbourne (3.9.27).

Match Details

Season: 1932 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 June 1932
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 10.7.67 - 3.9.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 0 6 . 2 9 . 3 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 5 2 . 6 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins (acting)
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Jim Abernethy
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Arthur Dickens MELB 9 3
Alby Morrison FOOT 7 2
Don Hooper MELB 18 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Cave, Matt ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Jock ? ? 2 ?
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 6 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Sherman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim (vc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Adams, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
9 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
1 Nolan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 3 9

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