1950 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1950 between Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Shane McGrath captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Melbourne (15.11.101) defeated Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 August 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,315

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.11.101 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 4 12 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Footscray 1 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 3 MELB by 10 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
26 Bedford, Dave ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Mueller, Jack ? ? 6 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 1 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
23 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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