1942 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1942 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eleven of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Melbourne (14.11.95) were defeated by Footscray (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 July 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 14.11.95 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Footscray 5 . 3 8 . 5 16 . 8 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin FOOT by 25 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 54 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 4 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Gibbs, Les ? ? 3 ?
7 Heal, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
25 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
35 Powell, Danny ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
20 Wood, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 5 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Gibby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
20 Shearer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 12

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