1945 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1945 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round three of the 1945 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 (12.9.81) were defeated by Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 12.9.81 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Footscray 2 . 7 8 . 7 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 1 FITZ by 2 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Linney, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
28 Smith, Len ? ? 4 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 3 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

Footscray

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

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