1933 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1933 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Frank Vine captained the hosts with Colin Niven as vice-captain. Ivan McAlpine captained the visitors with Stan Penberthy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

Melbourne (10.17.77) were defeated by Footscray (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 May 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,029

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.17.77 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Footscray 1 . 0 7 . 6 8 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 22 FOOT by 6 MELB by 6 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Vosti FOOT 32 3
Harry Long MELB 20 2
Jack Sambell MELB 4 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barnett, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 2 ?
15 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 3 ?
10 Niven, Colin (vc) ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Riley, Lou ? ? 0 ?
12 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Streeter, Percy ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 1 ?
26 Dowling, John ? ? 3 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
2 O'Leary, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Rait, Alan ? ? 5 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Somerville, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 13

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