1944 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1944 between Footscray and St Kilda during round thirteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Footscray (14.15.99) defeated St Kilda (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 14.15.99 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 7 . 7 8 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
St Kilda 3 . 7 4 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin STKL by 19 FOOT by 17 STKL by 13 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
19 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 2 ?
22 Sexton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 0 ?
31 Bermingham, Brem ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Booth, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 4 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 5 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
17 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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