1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 3: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1943 between North Melbourne and Footscray during the third qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Bill Findlay captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Findlay and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

North Melbourne (7.11.53) were defeated by Footscray (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 4,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.11.53 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 5 . 6 6 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Footscray 6 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin FOOT by 34 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bill Findlay

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Attenborough, Stan ? ? 0 ?
21 Bretherton, Basil ? ? 0 ?
16 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
25 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Garlick, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
15 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
10 Patterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
7 Greenham, Jim ? ? 3 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Hale, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
Law, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 1 ?
33 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

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