1946 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1946 between Footscray and Melbourne in the first semi final of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at the MCG. 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 (15.12.102) were defeated by Melbourne (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 September 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 61,277

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.12.102 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Melbourne 2 . 8 10 . 13 12 . 15 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin FOOT by 8 MELB by 24 FOOT by 1 MELB by 18 MELB by 18
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

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 3 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 3 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

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