1950 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1950 between Footscray and Melbourne during round five of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Shane McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Footscray (13.11.89) were defeated by Melbourne (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 5 . 5 9 . 5 13 . 9 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 5 MELB by 15 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Edwards, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 1 ?
11 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Kelly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 2 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Vanderfeen, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 2 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 4 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Hiscock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 2 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 3 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 9

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