1908 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 109.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wally Johnson (27)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): George Holden, Herbert Milne

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Sharp

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bailes, Barclay 16 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 6
Barker, Lou 14 R02-R15 1
Beauchamp, Tammy 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 4
Brosnan, Gerald 6 R02, R09-R10, R14-R16 6
Campbell, Bill 1 R03 0
Cooper, Jack 17 R01-R16, R18 3
Dick, Billy 18 R01-R18 4
Dinsmore, Bill 5 R13-R17 6
Duncan, Val 11 R01-R03, R07-R11, R13, R16-R17 0
Edgeley, Jack 5 R02-R04, R09, R11 1
Forbes, Fred 5 R13-R17 6
Franklin, Bill 5 R01-R02, R09, R13, R18 4
Holden, George 15 R01-R02, R05-R15, R17-R18 2
Jenkins, Ern 10 R02-R09, R16-R17 0
Johnson, Wally 18 R01-R18 27
McLennan, Harold 15 R01-R02, R04-R09, R12-R18 3
McLennan, Norm 1 R01 1
McWilliam, George 11 R01, R04-R08, R12-R16 1
Millis, Les 18 R01-R18 10
Milne, Herbert 18 R01-R18 7
Naismith, Wally 15 R01-R13, R17-R18 4
Norton, Tom 1 R18 2
Owen, Charlie 4 R04, R09, R11, R18 3
Richardson, Ned 1 R10 0
Sharp, Jim 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 2
Sharp, Les 8 R03, R05-R07, R10-R12, R18 3
Sheehan, Percy 1 R03 0
Smith, Bob 14 R03-R08, R10-R17 9
Taylor, Charlie 11 R04-R06, R10-R12, R14-R18 0
Thorpe, Jim 2 R01, R08 0
Treloar, Arthur 3 R01, R08-R09 1
Walker, Bill 13 R01-R06, R12-R18 3
Wilkinson, Alf 8 R07-R08, R10-R12, R16-R18 7

Team Line-Up

Back: Val Duncan Ern Jenkins Lou Barker
Half-Back: Charlie Taylor Jim Sharp Jack Cooper
Centre: Barclay Bailes George McWilliam George Holden
Half-Forward: Bill Dinsmore Fred Forbes Billy Dick
Forward: Bill Franklin Wally Johnson Bob Smith
Follower: Herbert Milne Bill Walker Les Millis

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)
02/05/1908 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 9 unknown Jim Sharp
09/05/1908 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 31 unknown Jim Sharp
16/05/1908 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 25 unknown Jim Sharp
23/05/1908 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 16 unknown Jim Sharp
30/05/1908 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 unknown Jim Sharp
06/06/1908 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 unknown Jim Sharp
08/06/1908 Round 7 University AWAY WIN FIT by 23 unknown Jim Sharp
13/06/1908 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 33 unknown Jim Sharp
20/06/1908 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 unknown unknown
27/06/1908 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 unknown Jim Sharp
04/07/1908 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 unknown Jim Sharp
11/07/1908 Round 12 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 1 unknown Jim Sharp
18/07/1908 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 18 unknown Jim Sharp
25/07/1908 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 unknown Jim Sharp
01/08/1908 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 unknown Jim Sharp
08/08/1908 Round 16 University HOME WIN FIT by 21 unknown Jim Sharp
15/08/1908 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 9 unknown Jim Sharp
05/09/1908 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 74 unknown Jim Sharp