1933 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1933 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ivan McAlpine captained the hosts with Stan Penberthy as vice-captain. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Syd Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Footscray (11.11.77) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 April 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 5 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin ESSE by 13 FOOT by 6 ESSE by 14 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ivan McAlpine
Vice-Captain: Stan Penberthy
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Essendon

Captain: Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain: Syd Carman
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bill Lowenthal ESSE 7 3
Syd Carman ESSE 11 2
Alby Morrison FOOT 7 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
25 Cave, Matt ? ? 0 ?
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 3 ?
26 Dowling, John ? ? 2 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
13 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Rait, Alan ? ? 3 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Somerville, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce CHB ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) HFFL ? 1 ?
11 Carman, Syd (vc) BPL ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom WR ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith RO ? 1 ?
15 Ford, Frank FPL ? 1 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FF ? 3 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie FB ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank CHF ? 2 ?
6 O'Brien, Jock SUB ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard HFFR ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick WL ? 1 ?
30 Twite, Reg FPR ? 0 ?
8 Walker, Johnny C ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy RU ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 1 ?
25 Williamson, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Billy HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Bill Cubbins
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 S. Carman (vc) 4 C. Hearn 25 J. Williamson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



24 B. Wilson 16 B. Anderson 7 B. Lowenthal













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 D. Reynolds 8 J. Walker 23 T. Clarke









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 P. Walsh 6 J. O'Brien
HALF-FORWARD 32 L. Webster

17 G. Campbell (c) 22 F. Nash 2 H. Okey 1 K. Forbes











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 F. Ford 26 T. Freyer 30 R. Twite













BACK



Essendon Coach: Garnet Campbell