1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 1: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1943 between Melbourne and Footscray during the first qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Melbourne (23.16.154) defeated Footscray (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 July 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 23.16.154 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 2 15 . 9 18 . 11 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Footscray 6 . 0 7 . 2 9 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 55 MELB by 59 MELB by 80 MELB by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Boundary Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 11 ?
22 Ferguson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 4 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Heywood, Doug ? ? 2 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 3 ?
31 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
29 Minnis, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 4 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
28 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Greenham, Jim ? ? 4 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 8

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