1938 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1938 between Footscray and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (19.17.131) defeated Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 19.17.131 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 8 . 11 12 . 13 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin MELB by 29 level FOOT by 5 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 3 ?
12 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
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) 19 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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