1947 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1947 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Harry Hickey captained the hosts. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Crowe and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (11.14.80) were defeated by Melbourne (24.11.155).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 24.11.155

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 6 15 . 6 24 . 11 24 . 11 (155)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 10 MELB by 37 MELB by 75 MELB by 75
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 1 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Yewers, Clive ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 1 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 10 4
Hardie, Dave ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 2 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 3 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 4 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 2 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 24 11

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