1938 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1938 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round seven of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. Roy Evans captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

North Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by Footscray (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 9.14.68 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 8 6 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Footscray 2 . 10 3 . 12 5 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FOOT by 15 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 3 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Bicknell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 5 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
4 Lamborn, Chris ? ? 0 ?
33 Lyons, Roy ? ? 0 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 1 ?
13 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 1 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 4 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
35 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

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