1947 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1947 between St Kilda and Footscray during round one of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Harry Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

St Kilda (12.16.88) were defeated by Footscray (22.17.149).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 April 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 12.16.88 - 22.17.149

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Footscray 6 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 15 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Margin FOOT by 36 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 61 FOOT by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
25 Carmody, Bill ? ? 5 ?
30 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Gardner, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Howe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 4 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Stretton, Alan ? ? 0 ?
19 Willis, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 5 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 5 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 22 17

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