1899 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 11-0-3, P%: 153.3%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill McSpeerin (16)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Pat Hickey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain(s): Bill McSpeerin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beauchamp, Tammy 2 R13-R14 0
Clarke, Harry 17 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 1
Cleary, Bill 6 R11-R14, RF1, GF 4
Dalton, Bill 12 R01-R10, RF3, GF 0
Dalton, Jack 6 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R09 0
Deas, Jack 15 R03-R13, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Descrimes, Pat 13 R01, R03, R05-R11, RF1-RF3, GF 5
Drohan, Eddie 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 1
Foletta, Charlie 5 R08-R11, R13 1
Fontaine, Fred 11 R06-R07, R10-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 3
Grace, Jim 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 15
Grace, Mick 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 13
Hay, Bob 1 R14 0
Hickey, Pat 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 2
Jenkins, Ern 17 R01-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 2
Kerrigan, Joe 1 R04 1
Kiernan, Chris 12 R01-R12 12
McDougall, Abe 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 3
McEwen, Hugh 9 R10-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
McSpeerin, Bill 16 R01-R09, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 19
Moriarty, Geoff 13 R06-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Mulcahy, Jack 2 R14, RF1 0
Nolan, Jerry 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Nolan, Tom 1 R11 0
Noonan, Paddy 6 R02, R11-R14, RF2 1
Potter, Bill 15 R01-R12, RF2-RF3, GF 2
Power, Johnny 3 R03-R05 0
Robinson, James 15 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Sharpe, Bert 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 17
Sloan, Alec 12 R01-R08, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Thompson, Bill 6 R01-R05, R10 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Ern Jenkins Geoff Moriarty Jack Deas
Half-Back: Alec Sloan Pat Hickey Hugh McEwen
Centre: Eddie Drohan Harry Clarke James Robinson
Half-Forward: Chris Kiernan Fred Fontaine Abe McDougall
Forward: Bill Cleary Pat Descrimes Bert Sharpe
Follower: Mick Grace Bill Potter Bill McSpeerin

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)
13/05/1899 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 38 unknown Alec Sloan
20/05/1899 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 4 unknown Alec Sloan
24/05/1899 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 24 unknown Alec Sloan
27/05/1899 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 23 unknown Alec Sloan
03/06/1899 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 11 unknown Alec Sloan
10/06/1899 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 22 unknown Alec Sloan
17/06/1899 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 32 unknown Alec Sloan
24/06/1899 Round 8 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 12 unknown Alec Sloan
08/07/1899 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 33 unknown Bill McSpeerin
15/07/1899 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 35 unknown unknown
22/07/1899 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 54 unknown unknown
29/07/1899 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 8 unknown Bill McSpeerin
05/08/1899 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 12 unknown Bill McSpeerin
12/08/1899 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 23 unknown Bill McSpeerin
26/08/1899 Round-Robin Final 1 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 1 unknown Alec Sloan
02/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 2 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 38 unknown Alec Sloan
09/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 14 unknown Alec Sloan
16/09/1899 Grand Final South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 1 unknown Alec Sloan