1940 VFL Season Round 15: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1940 between St Kilda and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

St Kilda (13.9.87) were defeated by Footscray (15.22.112).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 13.9.87 - 15.22.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Footscray 2 . 9 8 . 13 12 . 18 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
Margin STKL by 5 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Bray, Jack ? ? 2 ?
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 2 ?
33 Fitzsimmons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Hines, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 2 ?
22 Maskell, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 3 ?
5 Mudge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Terry ? ? 0 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 4 ?
29 Crosling, Bill ? ? 2 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 3 ?
34 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 22

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