1937 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1937 between Collingwood and Footscray during round four of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. In the absence of Sid Dockendorff, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Syd Coventry.

Collingwood (16.14.110) defeated Footscray (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 16.14.110 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 2 11 . 5 13 . 7 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Footscray 1 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin COLL by 24 COLL by 36 COLL by 21 COLL by 33 COLL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Syd Coventry

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Jurss

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 2 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Carter, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
7 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Dowling, Ron ? ? 2 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Jones, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 4 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 0 ?
34 White, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

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