1939 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1939 between Footscray and Collingwood during round fourteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the hosts. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (9.14.68) were defeated by Collingwood (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.14.68 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Collingwood 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 7 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin COLL by 19 COLL by 15 COLL by 4 COLL by 17 COLL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 2 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
35 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 2 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 3 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
29 Morison, Jock ? ? 0 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 4 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 7

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