1944 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1944 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

North Melbourne (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 9 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 3 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FOOT by 2 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 2 ?
9 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstone, Phil ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
15 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 5 ?
7 Garlick, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Haggis, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
26 Hillis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
12 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
35 Weldon, Joe ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

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