1948 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1948 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Cameron and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Fitzroy (9.9.63) were defeated by Footscray (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 9.9.63 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Footscray 6 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 32 FITZ by 6 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cole

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Charleson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Kettle, Jim ? ? 2 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 2 ?
5 Williams, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Cumming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
9 Morrissey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
14 Storey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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