1948 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1948 between Footscray and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (4.17.41) were defeated by Carlton (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 7 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 4.17.41 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 3 2 . 6 4 . 17 4 . 17 (41)
Carlton 4 . 6 5 . 12 10 . 17 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin CARL by 30 CARL by 27 CARL by 59 CARL by 68 CARL by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
5 Cumming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrissey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
14 Storey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
20 Yewers, Clive ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 17

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Cahill, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 4 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 6 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Howell, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Hunter, Basil ? ? 0 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 1 ?
29 Leehane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
2 Simmons, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 Sorrell, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Streeter, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 19

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