1937 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1937 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Jim Adamson captained the hosts. In the absence of Alby Morrison, George Bennett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

North Melbourne (8.16.64) were defeated by Footscray (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.16.64 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 11 5 . 16 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Footscray 4 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Footscray

Captain: George Bennett (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Anderson, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
13 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Johnson, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
21 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
22 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Mitchell, Col ? ? 1 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Sel ? ? 5 ?
34 Penney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Rogers, Joe ? ? 0 ?
14 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Whittam, Ben ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alsop, Noel ? ? 1 ?
5 Bennett, George (ac) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dilks, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 1 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
35 Menzies, Doug ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
27 Paternoster, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Smith, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
36 Stephens, Billy ? ? 2 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

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