1941 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1941 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Bill Findlay captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

North Melbourne (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (11.22.88).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 11.22.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 0 7 . 5 10 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 3 . 7 6 . 13 10 . 17 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 8 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
23 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Gerrand, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 4 ?
23 Mathews, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 5 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
27 Reid, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Borlase, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 4 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 De Medici, Joe ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 2 ?
McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
31 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 22

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