1935 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1935 between Footscray and Essendon during round four of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Alby Morrison captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Morrison and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

Footscray (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (16.5.101).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 16.5.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 1 . 0 7 . 3 9 . 3 16 . 5 16 . 5 (101)
Margin FOOT by 4 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Coach: Alby Morrison

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Bogie, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Collier, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Leahy, Billy ? ? 1 ?
12 Lewis, Pye ? ? 1 ?
32 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
30 McEvoy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
29 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
3 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col ? ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 7 ?
19 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 1 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
18 Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 5

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