1942 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1942 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Yarraville Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Footscray (7.3.45) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Yarraville Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.3.45 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 5 . 2 7 . 2 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
South Melbourne 5 . 6 7 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin SMLB by 30 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 30 SMLB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Frank ? ? 1 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 1 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
11 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 3

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Chinn, Ian ? ? 3 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Golding, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Goldsmith, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 3 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 1 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 1 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Taylor, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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