1944 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1944 between Footscray and Collingwood during round three of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Pat Fricker captained the visitors with Alan Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (16.9.105) defeated Collingwood (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Collingwood
Score: 16.9.105 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Collingwood 2 . 4 6 . 9 9 . 15 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Collingwood

Captain: Pat Fricker
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 1 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 4 ?
26 Hillis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
33 Law, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
35 Weldon, Joe ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 9 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 9

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arnott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Naismith, Herb ? ? 1 ?
18 Negri, Des ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Noonan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 1 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 19

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