1937 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1937 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Sid Dockendorff captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (8.8.56) were defeated by Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.8.56 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 0 5 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin FOOT by 4 MELB by 8 MELB by 7 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 12

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