1946 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1946 between Footscray and Geelong during round eight of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Footscray (16.22.118) defeated Geelong (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Monday 10 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 16.22.118 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 7 10 . 10 14 . 18 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
Geelong 0 . 3 2 . 6 2 . 7 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin FOOT by 40 FOOT by 52 FOOT by 83 FOOT by 63 FOOT by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Broadway, Allan ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
11 Coulton, Don ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 6 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Brown, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Icke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
30 McGlynn, Mick ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Park, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Pike, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 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