1944 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1944 between Geelong and Footscray during round twelve of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Arklay and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Geelong (11.11.77) were defeated by Footscray (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 11.11.77 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 6 7 . 11 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Footscray 3 . 3 7 . 13 9 . 15 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin GEEL by 3 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 1 ?
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
25 Brisbane, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 2 ?
5 Tuohill, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 2 ?
24 Cahill, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
22 Sexton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 4 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

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