1944 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1944 between Carlton and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Bob Atkinson captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Carlton (13.10.88) were defeated by Footscray (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 September 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 34,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 13.10.88 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 9 10 . 11 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin CARL by 12 CARL by 7 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
13 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 2 ?
5 Henfry, Ern ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 2 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

Footscray

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