1948 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1948 between Carlton and Footscray during round four of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Carlton (12.24.96) were defeated by Footscray (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 12.24.96 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 15 5 . 15 11 . 22 12 . 24 12 . 24 (96)
Footscray 3 . 1 9 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin CARL by 14 FOOT by 13 CARL by 23 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
3 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 4 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Redmond, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 2 ?
22 Streeter, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 24

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 4 ?
11 Parker, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
20 Yewers, Clive ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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