1938 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1938 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Footscray (18.11.119) defeated North Melbourne (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.11.119 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 8 . 6 11 . 6 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
North Melbourne 5 . 7 6 . 10 10 . 15 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin NMLB by 30 FOOT by 8 NMLB by 3 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
Carland, Matt ? ? 0 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
25 Glenister, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 4 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 2 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 1 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 11

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 2 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 1 ?
30 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Hardiman, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 2 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
Rann, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
20 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

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