1941 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1941 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round one of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. Bert Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Bert Mills.

Footscray (13.15.93) defeated Hawthorn (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 April 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 13.15.93 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 6 4 . 8 10 . 14 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Hawthorn 1 . 1 4 . 7 4 . 8 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin FOOT by 23 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Vice-Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Norm Ware

Hawthorn

Captain: Bert Mills
Coach: Bert Mills

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Boundary Umpires

J. Bates

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 5 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Albiston, Alec HFFR ? 4 ?
4 Angwin, Andrew WL ? 0 ?
5 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
7 Barelli, Alan CHF ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack CHB↓ ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim FF ? 0 ?
27 Bragg, Dudley FB ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Jack FPR ? 1 ?
11 Carmody, Jack RO ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally HFFL ? 0 ?
18 Graham, Bert FPL ? 2 ?
9 King, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) RU ? 0 ?
1 Naismith, Alby RU ? 0 ?
16 Pabst, Len WR ? 0 ?
19 Pavey, Bill HBFL ? 0 ?
38 Ryan, Phil BPR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Bob SUB↑ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

B. Williams replaced J. Barker during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Norm Ware
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 C. Austen 27 D. Bragg 38 P. Ryan













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



19 B. Pavey 6 J. Barker 9 J. King













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 A. Angwin 8 S. Spinks 16 L. Pabst









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 B. Mills (c) 3 B. Williams
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. Naismith

2 W. Culpitt 7 A. Barelli 17 A. Albiston 11 J. Carmody











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 B. Graham 15 J. Bohan 10 J. Burke













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Bert Mills