1941 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1941 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Melbourne (17.20.122) defeated Footscray (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,232

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.20.122 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 9 15 . 11 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Footscray 3 . 5 9 . 6 12 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 3 MELB by 21 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Clayton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Lewis, Warren ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 12 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 20

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Borlase, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 De Medici, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 2 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 4 ?
McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 5 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
31 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 9

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