1948 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1948 between Geelong and Footscray during round five of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Geelong (11.13.79) defeated Footscray (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 11.13.79 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Footscray 4 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 5 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 1 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Trewin, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 8 ?
5 Whitten, Jack ? ? 1 ?
34 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 4 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
25 Vanderfeen, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
34 Wallis, Stan ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
20 Yewers, Clive ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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