1940 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1940 between Geelong and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Everett and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Geelong (12.17.89) defeated Footscray (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 12.17.89 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 6 . 10 8 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 9 8 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin GEEL by 9 FOOT by 5 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Everett (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 4 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Muller, Nick ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 4 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
29 Crosling, Bill ? ? 1 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

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