1950 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1950 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round nine of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Fitzroy (11.18.84) defeated Footscray (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 June 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 11.18.84 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 3 . 8 8 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Footscray 2 . 6 4 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 4 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Fitt, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 5 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Watson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bodsworth, Vic ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
10 Kelly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 15

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