1946 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1946 between Footscray and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (13.13.91) were defeated by Melbourne (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 7 6 . 8 12 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 8 8 . 8 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 28 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
26 Scott, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Welsh, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 2 ?
29 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 4 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

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