1947 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1947 between Carlton and Footscray during round four of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Harry Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

Carlton (16.16.112) defeated Footscray (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 37,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 16.16.112 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 7 8 . 12 14 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 9 5 . 10 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin CARL by 23 CARL by 27 CARL by 58 CARL by 54 CARL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cooper, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Eldridge, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 5 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 4 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 4 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
5 Gardner, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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