1923 Grand Final: Fitzroy v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday, October 20th, 1923
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,566
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 6.10.46 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 10 6 . 13 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin FIT by 1 FIT by 1 ESS by 10 ESS by 17 ESS by 17
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Vic Belcher (Fitzroy), Syd Barker (Essendon)
Captain(s): Gordon Rattray (Fitzroy), Syd Barker (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Alec Mutch
Goal Umpire(s): Charles Bell, John Swift
Boundary Umpire(s): Bill Davies, Hugh Heron
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim BPL ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les FPL ? 0 ?
11 Carter, Harold FPR ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm CHF ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie RU ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy C ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern HBFR ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive RO ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim FF ? 4 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie FB ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon RU ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan CHB ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy HFFL ? 0 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon HFFR ? 1 ?
18 Sherry, Clarrie WR ? 0 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred FB ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Syd FPL ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WL ? 0 ?
33 Hardy, Charlie FPR ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe HBFL ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince BPR ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy HFFL ? 1 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFR ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank RO ? 2 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin CHF ? 2 ?
6 Rawle, George RU ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFR ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 2 ?
10 Watt, Rowley WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Vic Belcher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Donaldson 5 F. Baring 18 V. Irwin 29 G. Collins

11 H. Carter 9 J. Freake 23 L. Bryant 24 G. McCracken

FORWARD 3 C. Fergie

HALF-BACK



13 J. Harrison 6 T. Fitzmaurice 15 R. Laing



7 G. Rattray (c) 12 N. Cockram 30 P. Parratt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Garden 14 C. May 10 R. Watt



18 C. Sherry 27 T. Corrigan 14 A. Dickens FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 3 N. Beckton

HALF-FORWARD 6 G. Rawle

21 T. Jenkins 16 J. McCarthy 30 G. Shorten 24 F. Maher

5 E. Elliott 2 S. Molan 21 J. Tarbotton



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 S. Barker (c) 25 G. Stockdale 33 C. Hardy



10 L. Wigraft 4 H. Jenkin 17 J. Atkinson



BACK



Essendon Coach: Syd Barker

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS Norm Beckton behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 ??:??
ESS Greg Stockdale goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 ??:??
FIT unknown behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 ??:??
FIT Jim Freake goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 ??:??
ESS Greg Stockdale behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 ??:??
ESS Justin McCarthy goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 ??:??
FIT Jim Freake behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 ??:??
FIT Harold Carter behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 ??:??
FIT Gordon Rattray goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Greg Stockdale goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 ??:??
FIT Jim Freake goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 ??:??
Q2 ESS Justin McCarthy behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 ??:??
ESS George Shorten behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 ??:??
ESS George Rawle behind 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 ??:??
FIT Jim Freake goal 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 ??:??
ESS Justin McCarthy behind 4.3.27 - 3.6.24 ??:??
FIT Les Bryant behind 4.4.28 - 3.6.24 ??:??
FIT Goldie Collins behind 4.5.29 - 3.6.24 ??:??
ESS Charlie Hardy behind 4.5.29 - 3.7.25 ??:??
ESS unknown behind 4.5.29 - 3.8.26 ??:??
ESS unknown behind 4.5.29 - 3.9.27 ??:??
ESS Greg Stockdale behind 4.5.29 - 3.10.28 ??:??
ESS Tommy Jenkins goal 4.5.29 - 4.10.34 ??:??
FIT Jim Freake goal 5.5.35 - 4.10.34 ??:??
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