1941 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1941 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round three of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Footscray (16.4.100) defeated South Melbourne (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.4.100 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 8 . 3 12 . 4 16 . 4 16 . 4 (100)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 2 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 1 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 16

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