1937 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1937 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Sid Dockendorff captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Jack Baggott captained the visitors with Len Webster as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Coventry and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Footscray (9.17.71) defeated Essendon (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 April 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 9.17.71 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 4 6 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 21 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Sid Dockendorff
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Syd Coventry

Essendon

Captain: Jack Baggott
Vice-Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Dockendorff, Sid (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 2 ?
26 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
19 Finn, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
18 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Mitchell, Col ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
34 White, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Baggott, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 1 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 1 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

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