1918 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 6-0-8, P%: 98.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jim Freake (29)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Jim Freake

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Holden
Vice-Captain(s): Fred Moore

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Paddy #31 4 R03, R07, R11-R12 0
Atkinson, Jim #17 14 R01-R14 0
Bamford, Fred #8 6 R01-R05, R12 0
Beckwith, Wally #2 1 R02 0
Billett, Billy #32 12 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R14 2
Boyne, Les #21 2 R08-R09 0
Byron, Norm #27 2 R10-R11 1
Featherston, Clarrie #3 13 R01, R03-R14 4
Freake, Jim #9 14 R01-R14 29
Gibaud, Les #19 10 R05-R14 5
Holden, George #30 12 R01-R06, R09-R14 1
Jenkin, Horrie #5 8 R02-R06, R08-R09, R14 3
Keller, Carl #1 13 R01-R11, R13-R14 2
Kennedy, Alex #18 1 R04 0
King, Bob #16 13 R01-R13 0
Lenne, Bert #11 12 R01, R03-R08, R10-R14 0
Lethbridge, Chris #12 10 R01-R07, R12-R14 0
Lowrie, Tom #18 9 R06-R14 9
McDonald, Ted #23 8 R02-R09 1
Millen, Roy #26 8 R01, R03, R09-R14 0
Molan, Stan #26 14 R01-R14 24
Moore, Fred #15 9 R01-R02, R04-R10 10
Nankervis, Vic #26 2 R13-R14 1
Norris, Charlie #22 7 R02, R06, R10-R14 0
O'Brien, Jack #10 4 R01-R02, R05, R07 1
Powditch, Harry #25 1 R01 0
Sherry, Clarrie #14 12 R03-R14 0
Strawbridge, Frank #24 13 R02-R14 4
Thorpe, Bill #33 5 R01-R02, R07-R09 3
Wigraft, Len #29 12 R01-R05, R08-R14 5
Zimmer, Cyril #19 1 R01 1

Team Line-Up

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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)
Holden, George 14 6 -0- 8 R01-R14

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
11/05/1918 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 6 George Holden George Holden
18/05/1918 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 40 George Holden George Holden
25/05/1918 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 28 George Holden George Holden
03/06/1918 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 12 George Holden George Holden
08/06/1918 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 41 George Holden George Holden
15/06/1918 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 29 George Holden George Holden
22/06/1918 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 32 George Holden Fred Moore
29/06/1918 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 25 George Holden Fred Moore
06/07/1918 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 25 George Holden George Holden
13/07/1918 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 28 George Holden George Holden
20/07/1918 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 36 George Holden George Holden
27/07/1918 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 16 George Holden George Holden
03/08/1918 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 George Holden George Holden
10/08/1918 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 13 George Holden George Holden