1937 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1937 between Footscray and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Alby Morrison captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by Collingwood (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 31 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.14.74 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 3 . 6 5 . 7 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Collingwood 10 . 5 13 . 5 17 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin COLL by 63 COLL by 59 COLL by 74 COLL by 52 COLL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Rooney

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
7 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
35 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Smith, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
5 Carter, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 1 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 3 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 5 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Jones, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
17 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 3 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 1 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 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