1948 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1948 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round six of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Charlie Cameron.

Footscray (10.11.71) defeated Fitzroy (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.11.71 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 11 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin FOOT by 34 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 2 ?
5 Cumming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 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 ? ? 1 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 3 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Williams, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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