1938 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1938 between Footscray and Geelong during round four of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (8.17.65) were defeated by Geelong (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 8.17.65 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 9 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 9 9 . 12 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
33 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Dilks, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 1 ?
36 Stephens, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 2 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 3 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
35 Rankin, Doug ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
33 Taylor, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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