1949 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1949 between Footscray and Geelong during round two of the 1949 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 Reg Hickey.

Footscray (12.7.79) defeated Geelong (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 April 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 12.7.79 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 4 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Geelong 1 . 6 2 . 10 7 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 5 GEEL by 15 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrissey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 5 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
7 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 3 ?
20 Storey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 7

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
31 Canning, Warren ? ? 0 ?
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
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