1944 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1944 between Footscray and Geelong during round one of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

Footscray (15.23.113) defeated Geelong (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 15.23.113 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 7 9 . 12 10 . 17 15 . 23 15 . 23 (113)
Geelong 0 . 0 1 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin FOOT by 37 FOOT by 58 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 58 FOOT by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Boundary Umpires

H. Hardiman

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 4 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 5 ?
12 Houston, Bill ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
14 Beasley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 7

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