1923 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 11-0-5, P%: 115.7%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jim Freake (34)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Goldie Collins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Rattray
Vice-Captain(s): Jim Freake

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Atkinson, Jim #17 11 R01, R06-R10, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Bryant, Les #23 16 R05-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Carter, Harold #11 18 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 16
Cockram, Norm #12 19 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Collins, Goldie #29 18 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R17, SF, PF, GF 3
Corrigan, Tommy #27 16 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R09, R11-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Dickens, Arthur #14 13 R01-R03, R09, R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Donnellan, Steve #28 3 R02-R03, R07 0
Elliott, Ern #5 18 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Fergie, Clive #3 9 R11-R12, R14-R17, SF, PF, GF 7
Freake, Jim #9 17 R01-R03, R05-R12, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 45
Gale, Len #6 13 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14-R16 26
Hamilton, John #20 2 R01-R02 0
Jenkin, Horrie #4 15 R01-R03, R05, R10-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Keller, Carl #1 2 R07-R08 0
McCracken, Gordon #24 16 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R12, R14-R15, R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Michel, Ern #16 5 R05-R06, R10-R11, R18 0
Millen, Roy #26 1 R03 0
Molan, Stan #2 18 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Parratt, Percy #30 15 R01, R03, R05-R09, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 25
Rattray, Gordon #7 18 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 11
Scales, Jack #34 7 R05-R08, R10-R12 3
Scales, Joe #36 9 R09-R12, R14-R18 0
Sherry, Clarrie #18 4 R17-R18, PF, GF 0
Tarbotton, Jim #21 18 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Warren, Les #31 14 R02-R03, R05-R12, R14-R16, PF 0
Watson, Ernie #25 1 R03 0
Wigraft, Len #10 10 R01-R02, R09-R10, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Williams, Fred #19 16 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R17, SF 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Jim Atkinson Horrie Jenkin Len Wigraft
Half-Back: Jim Tarbotton Stan Molan Ern Elliott
Centre: Fred Williams Tommy Corrigan Arthur Dickens
Half-Forward: Percy Parratt Norm Cockram Gordon Rattray
Forward: Les Bryant Jim Freake Harold Carter
Follower: Goldie Collins Gordon McCracken Len Gale

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)
Belcher, Vic 19 13 -0- 6 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1923 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 23 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
12/05/1923 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 2 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
19/05/1923 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 10 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
Round 4 BYE
02/06/1923 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
09/06/1923 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 7 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
16/06/1923 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 36 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
23/06/1923 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 6 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
07/07/1923 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 19 Vic Belcher unknown
14/07/1923 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 1 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
21/07/1923 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 4 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
28/07/1923 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 5 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
Round 13 BYE
11/08/1923 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 21 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
25/08/1923 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 34 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
01/09/1923 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 28 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
08/09/1923 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
15/09/1923 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 8 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
22/09/1923 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 35 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
06/10/1923 Preliminary Final South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 12 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray
20/10/1923 Grand Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Vic Belcher Gordon Rattray