1936 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1936 between Footscray and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Stan Penberthy captained the hosts with Alby Morrison as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Coventry and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (8.17.65) were defeated by Melbourne (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.17.65 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 4 4 . 10 5 . 14 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 14 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin MELB by 12 FOOT by 9 MELB by 18 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 1 ?
24 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
35 Finn, Frank ? ? 1 ?
13 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Les ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
31 McDonagh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (vc) ? ? 2 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
2 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
33 Penberthy, Stan (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
27 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 18

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