1940 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1940 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Jim Adamson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jim Adamson.

Footscray (17.22.124) defeated North Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.22.124 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
North Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FOOT by 23 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 63 FOOT by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Jim Adamson (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bromley, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Casey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Hasell, Neil ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
15 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Ryan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Spratling, Col ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 3 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Wells, Billy ? ? 1 ?
25 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

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