1939 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1939 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Footscray (19.15.129) defeated South Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.15.129 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 6 . 8 14 . 13 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
South Melbourne 4 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 47 FOOT by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 3 ?
15 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Hillis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
McMaster, Andy ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 6 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
14 Sharp, Haydn ? ? 1 ?
31 Shaw, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 1 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 2 ?
3 Newell, Alby ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
7 Sinclair, Frank ? ? 1 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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