1950 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1950 between Footscray and St Kilda during round one of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Fred Green captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Fred Froude.

Footscray (9.20.74) were defeated by St Kilda (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.20.74 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 7 3 . 10 8 . 17 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
St Kilda 2 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 8 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin STKL by 4 STKL by 16 FOOT by 9 STKL by 9 STKL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

St Kilda

Captain: Fred Green
Coach: Fred Froude

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Goal Umpires

F. Leverett

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Isaac, Max ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
23 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 20

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 4 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
26 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Mee, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 3 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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