1939 VFL Season Round 10: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1939 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round ten of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. In the absence of Roy Evans, George Bennett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

North Melbourne (15.12.102) defeated Footscray (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.12.102 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 4 10 . 4 13 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Footscray 2 . 1 8 . 7 10 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin NMLB by 33 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 26 NMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Footscray

Captain: George Bennett (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 2 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 9 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
13 Rann, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Tyrrell, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George (ac) ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
36 Seymour, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Sharp, Haydn ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 10

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