1944 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1944 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Footscray (12.6.78) defeated North Melbourne (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 7 . 3 10 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
North Melbourne 0 . 0 7 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin FOOT by 33 level FOOT by 12 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 1 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
22 Sexton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 3 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 6

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Attenborough, Stan ? ? 0 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Bogie, Cam ? ? 1 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 3 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 2 ?
26 Daly, Harold ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hunter, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 8

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