1947 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1947 between Geelong and Footscray during round nine of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. George Gniel captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

Geelong (16.7.103) defeated Footscray (11.20.86).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 16.7.103 - 11.20.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 8 . 4 12 . 5 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Footscray 3 . 4 3 . 6 8 . 14 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
Margin FOOT by 9 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Fitzgerald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 6 ?
5 Whitten, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 7

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 20

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