1947 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1947 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Harry Hickey captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Crowe and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Footscray (12.11.83) defeated Fitzroy (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.11.83 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 7 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Fitzroy 3 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin FITZ by 1 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 3 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
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 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 3 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
35 O'Reilly, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 7

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