1933 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1933 between Footscray and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ivan McAlpine captained the hosts with Stan Penberthy as vice-captain. Frank Vine captained the visitors with Colin Niven as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (19.10.124) defeated Melbourne (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 19.10.124 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 9 . 5 13 . 6 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Melbourne 6 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin MELB by 34 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Frood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernie O'Brien FOOT 13 3
Colin Niven MELB 10 2
Allan Hopkins FOOT 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Dowling, John ? ? 5 ?
20 Grundy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 McIntyre, Milton ? ? 4 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Rait, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 Spilling, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 2 ?
6 Thomas, Reg ? ? 1 ?
32 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barnett, Noel ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
29 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 2 ?
11 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 5 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
10 Niven, Colin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Robinson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 10

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