1937 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1937 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round eight of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Haydn Bunton captained the hosts. In the absence of Sid Dockendorff, Alby Morrison captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Fitzroy (14.15.99) defeated Footscray (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Monday 14 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 14.15.99 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Footscray 3 . 5 4 . 6 8 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin FOOT by 20 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison (acting)
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 3 ?
16 Carroll, Vic ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
5 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 McConchie, Jock ? ? 5 ?
9 McInnes, Russell ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 3 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Halloran, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (ac) ? ? 1 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 14

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