1920 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-2, P%: 143.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Merrick (53)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Len Wigraft

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Percy Parratt
Vice-Captain(s): George Shaw

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Atkinson, Jim #17 8 R02-R05, R07-R10 0
Boyce, Alf #20 4 R08-R10, R17 10
Carter, Johnny #8 7 R01, R03-R05, R07-R09 0
Chanter, Fred #23 1 R07 0
Chapman, Fred #25 1 R18 1
Fergie, Clive #3 11 R01, R03-R05, R08, R10, R12, R14, R16-R17, SF 8
Freake, Jim #9 7 R01-R03, R11-R12, R18, SF 11
Gale, Len #6 13 R02, R05, R07, R09-R14, R16-R18, SF 4
Gough, George #7 9 R02, R04-R05, R07-R09, R13-R14, R16 14
Heaney, Tom #4 9 R04-R05, R12-R14, R16-R18, SF 5
Hutchins, Don 1 R18 2
Jenkin, Horrie #5 12 R01-R03, R08-R09, R12-R14, R16-R18, SF 1
Keays, Fred #18 2 R11-R12 0
Keller, Carl #1 13 R01, R04, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF 2
King, Bob #16 8 R01-R05, R07, R13, R18 0
Lenne, Bert #11 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF 0
Lethbridge, Chris #12 12 R02-R05, R10-R14, R16-R18 1
McCracken, Gordon #22 4 R01-R02, R10-R11 1
McGilvray, Bill #21 16 R02-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF 8
McGrath, Dave #33 10 R07-R10, R12-R14, R16, R18, SF 6
Merrick, Bob #24 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF 53
Millen, Roy #26 15 R01-R03, R05, R07-R14, R16-R17, SF 3
Molan, Stan #28 15 R02-R05, R07-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18, SF 9
O'Dee, Bert #31 8 R01-R05, R07, R11, SF 0
Parratt, Percy #30 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF 27
Rattray, Gordon #27 12 R01, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF 14
Shaw, George #19 6 R01, R03-R04, R07, R11, R17 1
Sherry, Clarrie #14 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF 0
Taylor, Bert #2 12 R01, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF 1
Toohey, Jim #33 1 R01 0
Wigraft, Len #29 16 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R17, SF 2
Williams, Fred #15 5 R02-R05, R07 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)
Toohey, Jim 1 0 -0- 1 R01
Parratt, Percy 16 14 -0- 2 R02-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1920 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 20 Jim Toohey Percy Parratt
08/05/1920 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 30 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
15/05/1920 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 9 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
22/05/1920 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 8 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
26/05/1920 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 40 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
Round 6 BYE
12/06/1920 Round 7 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 50 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
19/06/1920 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 62 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
26/06/1920 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 74 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
03/07/1920 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 18 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
10/07/1920 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 5 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
17/07/1920 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 13 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
31/07/1920 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 22 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
07/08/1920 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 14 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
Round 15 BYE
21/08/1920 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 16 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
28/08/1920 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 63 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
04/09/1920 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 80 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt
11/09/1920 Semi Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 18 Percy Parratt Percy Parratt