1947 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1947 between Footscray and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Harry Hickey captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Crowe and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (13.11.89) were defeated by Carlton (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 13.11.89 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 9 . 7 10 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Carlton 4 . 3 6 . 3 12 . 5 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin level FOOT by 22 CARL by 9 CARL by 4 CARL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 6 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
34 Carr, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
29 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 3 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 9

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