1948 VFL Round 3: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1948 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 3 of the 1948 VFL season.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
Arthur Olliver captained the hosts.
Alec Albiston captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Alec Albiston.
Footscray
A. Olliver (capt.), N. Armstrong, L. Barker, D. Bryden, A. Bulman, W. Donald, H. Hickey, M. Laffey, A. Linton, J. Logan, M. McDonnell, A. Moncrieff, E. Rees, B. Reid, T. Robb, C. Sutton, B. Templeton, N. Webb, J. Welsh, B. Wood
Hawthorn
Back:
L. Pabst, W. Culpitt, K. Hopper
Half-back:
C. Austen, L. Johnston, J. Robison
Centre:
N. Pearson, R. Baldwin, J. Brain
Half-forward:
L. Woolf, G. Anderson, R. Shalless
Forward:
T. Fletcher, A. Prior, C. Swenson
Follower:
K. Curran, M. Williams, A. Albiston (capt.)
Sub.:
L. Andrews, G. Edwards
Footscray (12.12.84) defeated Hawthorn (6.9.45).
Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Wood (6), A. Olliver (4), H. Hickey, B. Reid
Hawthorn: G. Anderson (2), C. Swenson (2), A. Prior, M. Williams
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Hawthorn remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1948 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 1 May 1948
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
13,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 3 | . | 1 | 7 | . | 8 | 10 | . | 10 | 12 | . | 12 | 12 | . | 12 | (84) |
| Hawthorn | 1 | . | 0 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 9 | (45) |
| Margin | FOOT by 13 | FOOT by 37 | FOOT by 35 | FOOT by 39 | FOOT by 39 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Arthur Olliver
(Footscray),
Alec Albiston
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Arthur Olliver
(Footscray),
Alec Albiston
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Jones
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Armstrong, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Barker, Lou | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Bryden, Dave | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Bulman, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hickey, Harry | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 12 | Laffey, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Linton, Alby | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Logan, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | McDonnell, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Moncrieff, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Olliver, Arthur (c) | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 31 | Rees, Evan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Reid, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 30 | Robb, Tim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Templeton, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Webb, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Welsh, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Wood, Bill | ? | ? | 6 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 12 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albiston, Alec (c) | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Anderson, Gordon | CHF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 5 | Andrews, Len | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Austen, Col | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Baldwin, Roy | C↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Brain, Jack | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Culpitt, Wally | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Curran, Kevin | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Edwards, George | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Fletcher, Ted | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Hopper, Ken | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Johnston, Lionel | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Pabst, Len | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Pearson, Neil | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Prior, Albert | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 12 | Robison, Jim | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Shalless, Ralph | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Swenson, Clarrie | FPR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 10 | Williams, Mel | RU↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 27 | Woolf, Len | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 6 | 9 | |||
G. Edwards replaced M. Williams.
L. Andrews replaced R. Baldwin during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Footscray | Coach: Arthur Olliver | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 15 | L. Pabst | 2 | W. Culpitt | 3 | K. Hopper |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 9 | C. Austen | 30 | L. Johnston | 12 | J. Robison |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 7 | N. Pearson | 18 | R. Baldwin | 11 | J. Brain |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 25 | K. Curran | 5 | L. Andrews | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 10 | M. Williams | 22 | G. Edwards | |||||||||||
| 27 | L. Woolf | 6 | G. Anderson | 17 | R. Shalless | 1 | A. Albiston (c) |
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 23 | T. Fletcher | 24 | A. Prior | 16 | C. Swenson |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Hawthorn | Coach: Alec Albiston | ||||||||||||||