1945 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1945 between Footscray and Geelong during round two of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. In the absence of Jack Butcher, Lindsay White captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

Footscray (18.9.117) defeated Geelong (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 18.9.117 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 8 . 1 11 . 1 18 . 7 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Geelong 2 . 0 7 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FOOT by 37 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 64 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White (acting)
Coach: Jack Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 2 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 1 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 4 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
19 Finn, Joe ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 7 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (ac) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

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