1946 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1946 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1946 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 (16.10.106) defeated Fitzroy (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.10.106 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 2 8 . 3 14 . 5 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 7 . 5 12 . 5 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
11 Coulton, Don ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
26 Scott, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 3 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 5 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
2 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fox, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
15 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
20 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 9

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