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Footscray vs Melbourne

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 16   Venue: Western Oval   Date: Sat, 10-08-1946 2:45 pm   Crowd: 23,000  
Footscray 3.7.256.8.4412.12.8413.13.91 C:  Arthur Olliver
Melbourne 2.1.135.8.388.8.5616.16.112 C:  Frank Hughes
  FOOTS by 12FOOTS by 6FOOTS by 28MELB by 21  

Match stats

Footscray Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
2 Collins, Alan 2 26y 279d 95 165
19 Evenden, Reg 0 27y 197d 86 13
20 Fountain, Bruce 0 26y 109d 7 0
7 Hickey, Harry 1 29y 22d 137 144
27 McCankie, Len 0 21y 275d 77 1
32 McDonnell, Marty 0 25y 225d 18 0
21 McLaren, George 1 21y 141d 49 6
14 Miller, Jim 0 27y 72d 110 26
29 Moncrieff, Allan 1 22y 144d 28 32
15 Morrison, Alby 0 37y 193d 220 368
3 Olliver, Arthur 2 29y 243d 196 228
11 Rees, Evan 0 23y 4d 16 0
10 Ryan, Joe 1 28y 317d 141 229
26 Scott, Ken 0 20y 121d 7 1
6 Sutton, Charlie 0 22y 129d 24 0
1 Thoms, Jim 2 28y 77d 116 89
30 Tribe, George 0 25y 310d 66 80
4 Ware, Norm 0 35y 158d 196 206
2 Welsh, Jack 1 21y 294d 6 4
28 Wood, Bill 2 24y 274d 31 101
  Rushed   13  
  Totals         13 13         26y 106d 1626 1693
Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
16 Bickford, George 0 19y 213d 17 3
11 Bowman, Gordon 0 19y 181d 20 5
34 Byfield, Arnold 'Bud' 2 22y 282d 12 7
29 Copsey, Alf 0 25y 200d 2 0
21 Cordner, Don 1 24y 201d 83 16
23 Cordner, Ted 0 27y 191d 46 0
5 Deans, Billy 0 23y 251d 72 17
32 Dockett, Len 0 26y 158d 12 2
2 Dowsing, Roy 0 30y 291d 103 45
28 Dullard, Adrian 2 28y 210d 50 49
5 Fanning, Fred 1 24y 278d 82 304
18 Lock, Wally 0 29y 200d 95 13
22 McGrath, Shane 0 27y 65d 39 2
25 McLean, Col 0 26y 5d 73 1
37 Mitchell, Jim 1 25y 257d 7 9
12 Mueller, Jack 2 30y 335d 179 279
27 O'Rourke, Ernie 4 20y 124d 20 27
30 Rodda, Alby 1 25y 336d 50 64
31 Rule, Stan 0 22y 205d 13 3
4 Smith, Norm 2 30y 262d 183 483
  Rushed   16  
  Totals         16 16         25y 230d 1158 1329

Match highlights

Bill Wood kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Footscray vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
Bill Wood kicked his 50th goal for the season for Footscray vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
George Tribe played his last game for Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.