1938 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1938 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round one of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Roy Evans captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Roy Cazaly and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

South Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Footscray (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.13.97 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Footscray 3 . 7 3 . 8 7 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FOOT by 3 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 29 SMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Footscray

Captain: Roy Evans
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Goal Umpires

J. Fitt

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Allen, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 3 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
5 Hedge, Alf ? ? 2 ?
16 Howard, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 2 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 1 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 1 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alsop, Noel ? ? 0 ?
11 Dilks, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Godfrey, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
35 McGrath, Joe ? ? 1 ?
21 Menzies, Doug ? ? 1 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
36 Stephens, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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