1940 VFL Season Round 5: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1940 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Jim Adamson captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Thomas and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

North Melbourne (7.11.53) were defeated by Footscray (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.11.53 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FOOT by 18 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Len Thomas

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
13 Davies, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Wells, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
27 May, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

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