1945 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1945 between Geelong and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. In the absence of Jack Butcher, Lindsay White captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Williams and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Geelong (11.14.80) were defeated by Footscray (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 11.14.80 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Footscray 4 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 17 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White (acting)
Coach: Jack Williams

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 1 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (ac) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
34 Mather, Vic ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 4 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 4 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 19

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