1937 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1937 between Essendon and Footscray during round twelve of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Len Webster as vice-captain. Alby Morrison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (9.13.67) were defeated by Footscray (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 9.13.67 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 13 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 22 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Rooney

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
34 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 3 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
7 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 Luke, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
16 McLure, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
35 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 4 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
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