1940 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1940 between Footscray and Collingwood during round nine of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. In the absence of Jack Regan, vice-captain Phonse Kyne captained the visitors with Jack Ross as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (15.10.100) defeated Collingwood (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Collingwood
Score: 15.10.100 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Collingwood 4 . 1 5 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 2 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 7 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
13 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (ac) ? ? 1 ?
30 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
24 Ross, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
26 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 2 ?
36 Williams, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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