1927 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 85.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Lou Bols, Gordon Hellwig, Roy Milne, Willis Reeve, Len Wigraft (1)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (83)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Jack Moriarty

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Len Wigraft

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Batchelor, Arthur #3 6 R01-R02, R05-R07, R15 0
Bols, Lou #1 18 R01-R18 3
Cashman, Jack #11 12 R01-R09, R11-R13 22
Chapman, Charles #20 18 R01-R18 26
Cockram, Norm #12 9 R01-R09 6
Collins, Goldie #29 6 R01-R06 1
Corrigan, Tommy #27 15 R01, R03-R05, R07-R11, R13-R18 2
Costigan, Frank #8 6 R01-R04, R07-R08 1
Donald, Bill #7 1 R09 0
Elliott, Ern #5 6 R04-R06, R09-R11 0
Foley, Steve #18 12 R03-R08, R12-R14, R16-R18 0
Gibbs, George #21 8 R10-R17 1
Gordon, George #17 2 R10-R11 0
Hayes, John #26 1 R06 0
Hellwig, Gordon #9 14 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R14, R16-R18 1
Hickey, Tom #37 9 R02-R05, R12-R15, R17 6
Jenkin, Horrie #4 6 R01-R05, R15 0
Kemp, Cyril #28 10 R01, R03-R04, R12-R18 0
Lean, Jack #22 5 R10, R14-R16, R18 3
McCracken, Gordon #24 13 R02-R03, R07-R14, R16-R18 9
Millen, Jack #35 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 14
Milne, Roy #14 14 R01-R02, R06-R11, R13-R18 1
Moriarty, Jack #6 18 R01-R18 83
O'Rourke, Jack #15 4 R03-R06 2
Reeve, Willis #16 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Reichman, Eric 6 R12-R13, R15-R18 0
Toovey, Claude #34 15 R02, R04-R05, R07-R18 0
Warren, Les #31 1 R03 0
Waterhouse, George 1 R18 0
White, Bert #33 14 R01, R05-R12, R14-R18 8
Wigraft, Len #10 15 R01-R02, R04, R07-R18 1
Williams, Bill #32 4 R06-R08, R12 0
Williams, Fred #19 15 R02, R05-R18 0
Wood, Lockie #23 8 R01-R02, R06-R11 0

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)
Belcher, Vic 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 4 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
07/05/1927 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 27 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
14/05/1927 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 34 Vic Belcher unknown
21/05/1927 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 17 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
28/05/1927 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 64 Vic Belcher unknown
06/06/1927 Round 6 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 30 Vic Belcher unknown
11/06/1927 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 26 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
18/06/1927 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 15 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
25/06/1927 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
02/07/1927 Round 10 Essendon AWAY DRAW drawn Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
09/07/1927 Round 11 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 56 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
16/07/1927 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 15 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
23/07/1927 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 6 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
30/07/1927 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 12 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
06/08/1927 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
27/08/1927 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 7 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
03/09/1927 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 29 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft
10/09/1927 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 51 Vic Belcher Len Wigraft