1945 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1945 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (11.16.82) defeated Melbourne (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 8 7 . 10 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Melbourne 2 . 7 3 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 17 MELB by 2 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 1 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 4 ?
32 Ryan, Ted ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 13

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