1897 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 4-1-9, P%: 104.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Chris Kiernan (11)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain(s): Sam McMichael

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Astruc, Ivan 6 R01-R06 1
Banks, Tom 8 R01-R07, R12 0
Cameron, Charlie 5 R09-R11, R13-R14 1
Cleary, Bill 10 R05-R14 2
Curran, Tim 3 R02-R03, R10 0
Dalton, Jack 12 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R14 0
Davidson, Alex 3 R10-R11, R13 0
Descrimes, Pat 11 R01-R04, R08-R14 2
Grace, Jim 12 R01, R03-R09, R11-R14 9
Grace, Mick 13 R01, R03-R14 7
Hickey, Pat 14 R01-R14 0
James, Harry 1 R13 0
Jenkins, Ern 7 R01-R04, R08-R09, R11 2
Kerrigan, Joe 4 R08-R11 0
Kiernan, Chris 13 R01-R10, R12-R14 11
Kimberley, Percy 5 R01-R02, R06-R08 0
Lamley, Roger 8 R01-R08 6
McEwen, Hugh 4 R11-R14 0
McKay, Dick 11 R01-R09, R13-R14 5
McMichael, Sam 10 R01-R03, R06-R12 0
McSpeerin, Bill 10 R01, R05-R10, R12-R14 5
Moriarty, Dan 12 R01-R12 2
Moriarty, Geoff 13 R01-R08, R10-R14 0
Muirhead, Arch 12 R01-R09, R12-R14 1
Nolan, Herb 3 R12-R14 0
Nolan, Jerry 13 R01-R02, R04-R14 0
Nomens, Fred 2 R02-R03 1
Noonan, Paddy 11 R03-R08, R10-R14 3
Peppard, Mick 5 R09-R12, R14 0
Rapiport, Bert 3 R02, R04-R05 1
Reid, Stan 8 R04-R05, R07, R09-R13 0
Robinson, James 1 R14 0
Sharpe, Bert 8 R06-R12, R14 1
Sloan, Alec 11 R02-R08, R11-R14 0
Staniland, Ted 5 R01-R03, R05, R10 3
Whelan, Jim 2 R01, R04 0
Yager, Henry 1 R09 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jerry Nolan Stan Reid Jack Dalton
Half-Back: Sam McMichael Tom Banks Pat Hickey
Centre: Percy Kimberley Geoff Moriarty Dan Moriarty
Half-Forward: Chris Kiernan Jim Grace Arch Muirhead
Forward: Dick McKay Bert Sharpe Paddy Noonan
Follower: Pat Descrimes Mick Grace Bill McSpeerin
Alec Sloan Bill Cleary

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1897 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 33 unknown Sam McMichael
15/05/1897 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 40 unknown Sam McMichael
22/05/1897 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 11 unknown Sam McMichael
29/05/1897 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 unknown Tom Banks
05/06/1897 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 16 unknown Bill Cleary
19/06/1897 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 16 unknown Bill Cleary
22/06/1897 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn unknown Bill Cleary
26/06/1897 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 38 unknown Bill Cleary
03/07/1897 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 57 unknown Bill Cleary
10/07/1897 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 27 unknown Bill Cleary
17/07/1897 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 32 unknown Bill Cleary
24/07/1897 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 unknown Bill Cleary
31/07/1897 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 unknown Bill Cleary
07/08/1897 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 1 unknown Bill Cleary