1950 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1950 between Footscray and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (10.9.69) were defeated by Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 August 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 10.9.69 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Essendon 0 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FOOT by 46 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 31 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 3 ?
15 Hutcheson, Morrie ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
23 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 1 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 3 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
1 Leehane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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