1938 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1938 between Geelong and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Roy Evans captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Geelong (13.15.93) defeated Footscray (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.15.93 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 3 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 4 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

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 ? ? 1 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

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