1938 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1938 between Footscray and Collingwood in the first semi final of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. In the absence of Albert Collier, Jack Regan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (10.16.76) were defeated by Collingwood (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 3 September 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,556

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.16.76 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 11 8 . 14 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Collingwood 6 . 1 9 . 1 16 . 5 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin COLL by 17 COLL by 8 COLL by 39 COLL by 41 COLL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 5 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 1 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 6 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 5 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 1 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 9

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