1947 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1947 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seven of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

Melbourne (17.3.105) defeated Footscray (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,107

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.3.105 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 1 11 . 3 17 . 3 17 . 3 (105)
Footscray 1 . 1 6 . 5 13 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 2 FOOT by 15 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 7 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 5 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 3

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Armstrong, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 3 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 8

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