1935 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1935 between Essendon and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. Alby Morrison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Syd Coventry.

Essendon (15.25.115) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 August 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.25.115 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 14 5 . 14 8 . 20 15 . 25 15 . 25 (115)
Footscray 0 . 4 6 . 9 9 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 28 FOOT by 1 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Coach: Syd Coventry (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Frood

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
34 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
19 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 3 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 4 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
36 McHardy, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Milne, Wally ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 3 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 25

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Bogie, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 0 ?
23 Hamilton, Vince ? ? 0 ?
9 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
12 Lewis, Pye ? ? 0 ?
32 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
30 McEvoy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 5 ?
24 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
3 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Phelan, Marty ? ? 0 ?
19 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 3 ?
31 Ryan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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