1941 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1941 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (20.12.132) defeated Melbourne (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 20.12.132 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 12 . 7 15 . 8 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Melbourne 5 . 8 6 . 13 11 . 18 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin MELB by 30 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 6 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Malbon, Percy ? ? 3 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
33 Shearer, Wally ? ? 3 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
31 Gibbs, Les ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Mac ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 20

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