1950 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1950 between Geelong and Footscray during round two of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Geelong (18.17.125) defeated Footscray (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,200

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 18.17.125 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 9 . 12 15 . 12 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Footscray 5 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 23 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 8 ?
34 Davies, Doug ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Ray ? ? 0 ?
31 Larkins, Andy ? ? 1 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 McGrath, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 2 ?
27 Rutzou, Neale ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 1 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 3 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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