1935 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1935 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Alby Morrison, Stan Penberthy captained the hosts with Hugh McLaughlin as vice-captain. In the absence of Colin Niven, vice-captain Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Coventry and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (5.4.34) were defeated by Melbourne (4.15.39).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 5,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.4.34 - 4.15.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 1 4 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 4 (34)
Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 12 4 . 15 4 . 15 (39)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 5 MELB by 10 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Stan Penberthy (acting)
Vice-Captain: Hugh McLaughlin (acting)
Coach: Syd Coventry (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Bogie, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Lamprell, Vern ? ? 0 ?
9 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
12 Lewis, Pye ? ? 0 ?
32 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
30 McEvoy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh (avc) ? ? 0 ?
29 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Penberthy, Stan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
10 Pollard, Dick ? ? 1 ?
19 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Trim, Ted ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Waye, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 4

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Carr, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 1 ?
33 Halloran, Frank ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 15

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