1929 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 73.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Arthur Batchelor (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (58)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Arthur Batchelor

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charles Chapman

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Batchelor, Arthur #3 15 R01-R09, R12-R17 13
Beckham, Norm #13 3 R06-R08 0
Buckley, Jack 5 R01-R02, R05-R07 0
Byrne, Alex 1 R01 0
Cashman, Jack #11 18 R01-R18 25
Chapman, Charles #1 16 R03-R18 23
Cockram, Arthur #12 1 R04 0
Coghlan, Davitt #2 5 R01, R03, R09-R11 1
Davies, Johnny #21 1 R10 0
Ellis, Percy #23 15 R01-R07, R10-R11, R13-R18 3
Finlayson, Roy #20 11 R08-R18 0
Fitcher, Alan 7 R12-R18 0
Gall, Robbie #18 2 R10, R18 1
Gibson, Frank #5 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 2
Hall, Bob 1 R18 0
Harris, Norm #29 1 R02 1
Henry, Roy #26 2 R08-R09 0
Hickey, Tom #25 1 R07 0
Hooke, Len 1 R18 3
Huggins, Neville #28 4 R02-R03, R05-R06 3
Kerr, Cecil #9 18 R01-R18 1
Killeen, Paul #10 5 R01, R04-R07 0
Laurenson, Tom #26 2 R01, R04 0
MacKay, Colin #17 4 R01-R03, R09 3
McCaffrey, Tom #22 2 R07, R09 1
McMahon, Mike #27 2 R03-R04 0
Moriarty, Jack #6 16 R01-R16 58
Niven, Colin #8 18 R01-R18 9
Pearce, Frank #31 2 R17-R18 0
Pratt, Tommy #24 11 R02, R05, R08-R09, R11, R13-R18 3
Reeve, Willis #16 16 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R18 0
Ringrose, Doug #7 18 R01-R18 18
Roberts, Percy #21 2 R04-R05 0
Schenk, Eddie #30 8 R01-R06, R08, R11 0
Scollard, Les #25 3 R10-R12 1
Shanahan, Jim #28 10 R08-R17 0
Sharp, Ivan #19 13 R02, R07-R18 13
Shiels, Ted #13 3 R11-R13 0
Stott, Norm #4 11 R02-R07, R09, R12, R16-R18 4
Vale, Jack #15 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R10-R17 0
Watson, Jim #12 6 R08-R10, R12, R14-R15 0
Williams, Tommy #14 15 R01, R03-R04, R06-R08, R10-R18 2

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)
Freake, Jim 8 1 -0- 7 R01-R08
Ringrose, Doug 10 2 -0- 8 R09-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 9 Jim Freake unknown
04/05/1929 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 52 Jim Freake unknown
11/05/1929 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 31 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
18/05/1929 Round 4 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 37 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
25/05/1929 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 56 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
01/06/1929 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 59 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
15/06/1929 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 53 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
22/06/1929 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 41 Jim Freake Charles Chapman
29/06/1929 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 35 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
06/07/1929 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 24 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
13/07/1929 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 25 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
20/07/1929 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 19 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
27/07/1929 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 17 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
03/08/1929 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 36 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
10/08/1929 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 67 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
17/08/1929 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 56 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
24/08/1929 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 39 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman
31/08/1929 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 31 Doug Ringrose Charles Chapman