1946 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1946 between Geelong and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Geelong (17.18.120) defeated Footscray (12.5.77).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 17.18.120 - 12.5.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 14 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Footscray 3 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 3 ?
32 Icke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
30 McGlynn, Mick ? ? 0 ?
37 Monahan, Andy ? ? 1 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
36 Tomlinson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
26 Scott, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 3 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 2 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 5

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