1941 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1941 between Geelong and Footscray during round eight of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Tom Arklay captained the hosts with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Metherell and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Geelong (10.18.78) were defeated by Footscray (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 10.18.78 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 10 8 . 12 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Footscray 2 . 4 10 . 9 12 . 10 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin GEEL by 7 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Arklay
Vice-Captain: Joe Sellwood
Coach: Len Metherell

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Bartlett, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 1 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 1 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Huppatz, Eric ? ? 2 ?
11 Malbon, Percy ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Halloran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

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