1944 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1944 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Fitzroy (13.14.92) defeated Footscray (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 13.14.92 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 6 8 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Footscray 4 . 4 5 . 7 8 . 11 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin FOOT by 4 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bickerton, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 5 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 4 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 1 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
22 Sexton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 4 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

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