1940 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1940 between Footscray and Geelong during round six of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Les Laver.

Footscray (10.6.66) were defeated by Geelong (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 10.6.66 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 4 4 . 4 9 . 6 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Geelong 1 . 1 7 . 6 8 . 7 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin FOOT by 21 GEEL by 20 FOOT by 5 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Les Laver (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Boniface, Alf ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
22 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 1 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 3 ?
19 Sceney, Ron ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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