1944 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1944 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Footscray (9.13.67) defeated South Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 9.13.67 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Weldon, Joe ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brown, Stan ? ? 1 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 2 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 1 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Oatey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 1 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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