1949 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1949 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (13.16.94) defeated Fitzroy (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 August 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 7 . 6 7 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin FOOT by 19 FITZ by 8 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Merrington

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
16 Bodsworth, Vic ? ? 2 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
7 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bickley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 2 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 11

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