1944 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1944 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Footscray (8.15.63) defeated Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 8.15.63 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 13 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 9 MELB by 1 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 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) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 2 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
1 Compton, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

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