1938 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1938 between Footscray and St Kilda during round six of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda 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 Ansell Clarke.

Footscray (17.19.121) defeated St Kilda (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 17.19.121 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 2 10 . 11 12 . 16 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
St Kilda 2 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 66 FOOT by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Godfrey, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 3 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
35 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 19

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Andrew, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Bell, Paul ? ? 1 ?
16 Boyd-Gerny, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Cheffers, Percy ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Flett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 3 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
33 Showell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 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