1940 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1940 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Footscray (15.15.105) defeated South Melbourne (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.15.105 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 8 8 . 10 13 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 2 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 59 FOOT by 59 FOOT by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

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 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 5 ?
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 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
7 Traynor, Harold ? ? 2 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 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