1909 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 8-1-9, P%: 101.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Billy Dick (26)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): George Lambert, Bill Walker

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Sharp

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bailes, Barclay 14 R01-R10, R12-R15 2
Briggs, Bob 8 R09-R12, R15-R18 17
Brophy, Bernie 1 R07 1
Brosnan, Gerald 6 R10-R15 3
Cooper, Jack 15 R01-R15 0
Dick, Billy 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 26
Dinsmore, Bill 14 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16 7
Earsman, Dave 3 R06, R09-R10 0
Ferguson, Arthur 8 R03, R06-R10, R17-R18 0
Holden, George 18 R01-R18 4
Johnson, Wally 16 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R18 25
Lambert, George 12 R01, R05-R08, R12-R18 0
Lynch, Jim 8 R02, R04-R07, R11-R12, R17 0
McLennan, Harold 16 R02-R07, R09-R18 3
McWilliam, George 4 R08-R09, R13-R14 0
Millis, Les 18 R01-R18 10
Milne, Herbert 12 R05-R06, R09-R18 6
Morrison, Clive 14 R01-R04, R06-R10, R14-R18 6
Naismith, Wally 10 R01, R07-R09, R11-R12, R15-R18 1
Newbound, Arthur 10 R01-R06, R08, R13, R16, R18 9
O'Neill, Sid 1 R18 0
Parratt, Percy 12 R01-R05, R07-R08, R11, R15-R18 4
Payne, Bill 16 R01-R08, R10-R17 0
Pyke, George 5 R03-R06, R08 1
Richardson, Ned 1 R02 0
Richardson, Norm 1 R05 0
Sharp, Jim 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 0
Sheehan, Percy 14 R01-R04, R09-R18 0
Smith, Bob 8 R01-R04, R09-R10, R13-R14 1
Taylor, Charlie 8 R01, R05-R06, R11, R15-R18 0
Walker, Bill 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Bill Dinsmore Bill Payne Ned Richardson
Half-Back: Percy Sheehan Jim Sharp Jack Cooper
Centre: Jim Lynch Harold McLennan Barclay Bailes
Half-Forward: Bob Smith Billy Dick Arthur Newbound
Forward: Les Millis Wally Johnson Percy Parratt
Follower: Herbert Milne Bill Walker George Holden

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)
01/05/1909 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 11 unknown Jim Sharp
08/05/1909 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 60 unknown Jim Sharp
15/05/1909 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 31 unknown Jim Sharp
22/05/1909 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 39 unknown Jim Sharp
29/05/1909 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 24 unknown Jim Sharp
05/06/1909 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 9 unknown Jim Sharp
07/06/1909 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 41 unknown Jim Sharp
12/06/1909 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 13 unknown Jim Sharp
26/06/1909 Round 9 University AWAY LOSS UNI by 40 unknown Jim Sharp
03/07/1909 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 31 unknown Jim Sharp
10/07/1909 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 26 unknown Jim Sharp
17/07/1909 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 43 unknown Jim Sharp
24/07/1909 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 14 unknown Jim Sharp
31/07/1909 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 unknown Jim Sharp
14/08/1909 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 51 unknown unknown
21/08/1909 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 46 unknown Jim Sharp
28/08/1909 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 unknown Jim Sharp
04/09/1909 Round 18 University HOME DRAW drawn unknown Jim Sharp