1939 VFL Season Round 15: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1939 between Carlton and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Carlton (24.15.159) defeated Footscray (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 24.15.159 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 8 15 . 12 24 . 15 24 . 15 (159)
Footscray 2 . 6 4 . 11 7 . 17 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin CARL by 4 CARL by 15 CARL by 43 CARL by 88 CARL by 88
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 8 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 5 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Rae, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 8 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 24 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 2 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 5 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
31 Shaw, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

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