1939 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1939 between Footscray and Carlton during round four of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Footscray (5.12.42) were defeated by Carlton (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 13 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 5.12.42 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 6 4 . 7 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Carlton 5 . 7 5 . 7 8 . 10 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin CARL by 30 CARL by 7 CARL by 27 CARL by 58 CARL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Kelly

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
21 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Mann, Cyril ? ? 2 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 1 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 4 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 1 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 16

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