1937 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1937 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round five of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Sid Dockendorff captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Jim Adamson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Footscray (18.23.131) defeated North Melbourne (14.4.88).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.23.131 - 14.4.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 9 9 . 10 13 . 20 18 . 23 18 . 23 (131)
North Melbourne 1 . 0 8 . 2 9 . 3 14 . 4 14 . 4 (88)
Margin FOOT by 45 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 43 FOOT by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Sid Dockendorff
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 1 ?
27 Dockendorff, Sid (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 3 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 1 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 4 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 23

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Bicknell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassidy, Dudley ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
30 Crapper, Frank ? ? 8 ?
18 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Guthrie, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
20 Johnson, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
18 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Kemp, Don ? ? 1 ?
22 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 Rogers, Joe ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 4

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