1936 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1936 between Melbourne and Footscray during round six of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Percy Beames as vice-captain. Stan Penberthy captained the visitors with Alby Morrison as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Syd Coventry.

Melbourne (13.18.96) defeated Footscray (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 June 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,595

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 13.18.96 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 17 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Footscray 3 . 0 7 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FOOT by 4 MELB by 8 MELB by 16 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

Captain: Stan Penberthy
Vice-Captain: Alby Morrison
Coach: Syd Coventry

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Okey

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 3 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 3 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 1 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Ralston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Dockendorff, Sid ? ? 2 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 1 ?
24 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
26 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Lamprell, Vern ? ? 1 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
31 McDonagh, Jack ? ? 3 ?
18 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
33 Penberthy, Stan (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
27 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Spilling, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

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