1945 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1945 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Footscray (9.7.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.7.61 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 3 . 1 5 . 3 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Fitzroy 3 . 6 4 . 7 5 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin FITZ by 24 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

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 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
34 Mather, Vic ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 1 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
8 Sutton, Jack ? ? 4 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 1 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 1 ?
26 Hammond, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

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