1948 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1948 between Footscray and St Kilda during round one of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Harold Bray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Fred Froude.

Footscray (21.19.145) defeated St Kilda (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 21.19.145 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 0 10 . 9 15 . 13 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
St Kilda 3 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 46 FOOT by 80 FOOT by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Bray
Coach: Fred Froude

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jones

Boundary Umpires

K. Harris

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 4 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
20 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 7 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 19

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
12 Bray, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
23 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
30 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Myers, Henry ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Richardson, Tony ? ? 1 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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