1941 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1941 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round five of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. Bill Findlay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Footscray (14.21.105) defeated North Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.21.105 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 4 . 10 8 . 13 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 3 8 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin NMLB by 6 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 49 FOOT by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 2 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Malbon, Percy ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
33 Shearer, Wally ? ? 3 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 21

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Arthur, Harold ? ? 0 ?
16 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
2 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Dunn, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Geary, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 5 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
27 Reid, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

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