1939 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1939 between Collingwood and Footscray during round three of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with, in the absence of Albert Collier, deputy vice-captain Jack Regan as vice-captain. In the absence of Roy Evans, Jack Ryan captained the visitors with, in the absence of Norm Ware, George Bennett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Collingwood (17.11.113) defeated Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 17.11.113 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 3 7 . 5 14 . 7 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Footscray 3 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin COLL by 16 FOOT by 17 COLL by 19 COLL by 15 COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Footscray

Captain: Jack Ryan (acting)
Vice-Captain: George Bennett (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
6 Doherty, Vin ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
15 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 4 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 4 ?
18 Regan, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 5 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George (avc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 1 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
21 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
7 Ryan, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 5 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 14

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