1937 VFL Round 10: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1937 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round 10 of the 1937 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. Ivan McAlpine 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 Ivan McAlpine and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Hawthorn
Back: H. Albiston, L. Murphy, F. Samblebe
Half-back: J. Barker, G. Dower, G. Waters
Centre: N. Allison, S. Spinks, V. Randall
Half-forward: I. McAlpine (capt.), T. Byrne, N. Hillard
Forward: B. Williams, A. Neeson, A. Albiston
Follower: B. Mills, B. Pavey, T. Pool
Sub.: B. Ford

Footscray
A. Morrison (capt.), N. Ware (vice-capt.), N. Alsop, G. Bennett, J. Bridgfoot, R. Evans, A. Ferguson, B. Flanigan, R. Flynne, B. Le Sueur, C. Luke, C. McCrae, B. O'Brien, A. Olliver, A. Palmer, L. Ryan, B. Spargo, J. Thoms, J. Zimmerman

Hawthorn (15.16.106) defeated Footscray (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: A. Neeson (7), T. Pool (2), B. Williams (2), A. Albiston, T. Byrne, B. Ford, I. McAlpine
Footscray: B. O'Brien (4), J. Thoms (4), A. Morrison (2), A. Olliver (2), N. Alsop, B. Le Sueur

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Footscray were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 15.16.106 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Footscray 3 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin FOOT by 2 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ivan McAlpine (Hawthorn), Joe Kelly (Footscray)
Captains: Ivan McAlpine (Hawthorn), Alby Morrison (Footscray)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Norm Ware (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Albiston, Alec FPR ? 1 ?
35 Albiston, Harold BPL ? 0 ?
9 Allison, Neil WL ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
2 Byrne, Tom CHF ? 1 ?
25 Dower, George CHB ? 0 ?
21 Ford, Bill SUB↑ ? 1 ?
14 Hillard, Norm HFFR ? 0 ?
1 McAlpine, Ivan (c) HFFL ? 1 ?
12 Mills, Bert RU ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Leo FB ? 0 ?
11 Neeson, Alf FF ? 7 ?
20 Pavey, Bill RU ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 2 ?
7 Randall, Viv WR ? 0 ?
24 Samblebe, Frank BPR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C↓ ? 0 ?
28 Waters, Gordon HBFR ? 0 ?
31 Williams, Bob FPL ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

B. Ford replaced S. Spinks during the third quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alsop, Noel ? ? 1 ?
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 1 ?
28 Luke, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (ac) ? ? 2 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 4 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 4 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Ivan McAlpine
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 B. Mills 21 B. Ford
5 A. Albiston 11 A. Neeson 31 B. Williams 20 B. Pavey

FORWARD 19 T. Pool

HALF-BACK













14 N. Hillard 2 T. Byrne 1 I. McAlpine (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













7 V. Randall 8 S. Spinks 9 N. Allison FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













28 G. Waters 25 G. Dower 6 J. Barker



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













24 F. Samblebe 16 L. Murphy 35 H. Albiston



BACK



Footscray Coach: Joe Kelly