1948 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1948 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (11.9.75) defeated Melbourne (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Monday 14 June 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 11.9.75 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 7 4 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 8 6 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 1 MELB by 17 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 Cumming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Hardie, Dave ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Robinson, Russ ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 5 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

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