1948 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1948 between Footscray and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Footscray (11.25.91) defeated Geelong (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 11.25.91 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 6 . 15 6 . 15 11 . 25 11 . 25 (91)
Geelong 4 . 6 4 . 6 6 . 15 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin GEEL by 29 FOOT by 21 level FOOT by 34 FOOT by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Cumming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 1 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrissey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 2 ?
14 Storey, Jack ? ? 3 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Vern ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 1 ?
6 Davies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 1 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
25 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 15

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