1945 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1945 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Footscray (7.13.55) were defeated by South Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 3 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 3 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 20 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

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 ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 2 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Witney, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Calder, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 1 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 1 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

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