1940 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1940 between Footscray and St Kilda during round four of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Footscray (9.16.70) were defeated by St Kilda (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 1 STKL by 1 STKL by 6 STKL by 22 STKL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 3 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 May, Jim ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 4 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
34 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 1 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

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