1943 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1943 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Footscray (10.11.71) defeated South Melbourne (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 8 . 3 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
South Melbourne 0 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin FOOT by 22 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
34 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Greenham, Jim ? ? 2 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 4 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 11

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Eastmure, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 2 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Leahy, Pat ? ? 2 ?
23 Leith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Moloney, Vin ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Sweet, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 14

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