1947 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1947 between Footscray and St Kilda during round twelve of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Crowe and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Footscray (5.14.44) drew with St Kilda (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray drew with St Kilda
Score: 5.14.44 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 3 . 8 5 . 12 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
St Kilda 1 . 5 2 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin STKL by 4 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 10 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Crowe

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Collinson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
21 Connally, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Lundberg, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
16 Olle, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Ramsay, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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