1931 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 86.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Haydn Bunton (26)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (53)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Colin Niven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Batchelor, Arthur #3 15 R01-R07, R09-R15, R18 15
Benham, Colin #1 9 R04-R06, R08-R09, R12, R16-R18 3
Bird, Leo #19 8 R06, R08-R14 2
Bunton, Haydn #7 18 R01-R18 18
Cashman, Jack #11 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 16
Chapman, Charles #13 2 R01-R02 3
Davies, Fred #10 16 R01-R05, R07, R09-R18 4
Dawson, Horrie #30 9 R10-R18 8
Dickens, Arthur #17 3 R01, R05, R08 2
Dowd, Dinny #28 15 R04-R18 1
Ellis, Percy #23 14 R01-R09, R14-R18 0
Finlayson, Roy #20 12 R01-R03, R05-R08, R13-R15, R17-R18 0
Fitcher, Alan #29 5 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09 3
Fleming, Frank #12 2 R12-R13 1
Fleming, Ian #26 9 R10-R18 3
Gibson, Frank #5 15 R01-R10, R14-R18 3
Harrington, Tom #13 1 R08 0
Hartney, Harold #22 4 R08, R11-R13 0
Hastie, Lionel #18 13 R01-R07, R11, R14-R18 15
Hearn, Roy #27 8 R09-R10, R13-R18 9
Heintz, Fred #35 2 R11, R15 0
Hogan, Austin #26 5 R01-R05 2
Hogan, Con #2 13 R01-R10, R16-R18 0
Holmes, Charlie #25 1 R16 0
Jones, Stan #5 1 R11 0
Kerr, Cecil #9 16 R01-R04, R06-R17 1
Mackie, Ken #32 1 R02 1
McDougall, Roy #35 3 R11-R13 0
Moriarty, Jack #6 18 R01-R18 53
Niven, Colin #8 15 R01-R04, R06-R15, R17 0
Niven, Ray #15 10 R03, R06-R10, R12-R15 14
Pearce, Frank #36 3 R11-R13 0
Prior, Les #24 12 R02-R10, R16-R18 11
Reeve, Willis #16 14 R01-R05, R07, R10-R12, R14-R18 0
Rocchi, Jack #12 4 R05-R06, R08-R09 0
Smallhorn, Wilfred #21 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 3
Veevers, Ken #4 6 R01, R03-R05, R07, R10 0
Verdon, Harry #13 1 R03 3
Williams, Tommy #14 7 R03-R07, R16, R18 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)
Niven, Colin 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 12 Colin Niven Colin Niven
09/05/1931 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 40 Colin Niven Colin Niven
16/05/1931 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 40 Colin Niven Colin Niven
23/05/1931 Round 4 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Colin Niven Colin Niven
30/05/1931 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 61 Colin Niven unknown
27/06/1931 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 14 Colin Niven Colin Niven
13/06/1931 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 13 Colin Niven Colin Niven
20/06/1931 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 24 Colin Niven Colin Niven
04/07/1931 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 40 Colin Niven Colin Niven
11/07/1931 Round 10 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 32 Colin Niven Colin Niven
18/07/1931 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 46 Colin Niven Colin Niven
25/07/1931 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 11 Colin Niven Colin Niven
01/08/1931 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 Colin Niven Colin Niven
08/08/1931 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 78 Colin Niven Colin Niven
22/08/1931 Round 15 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 30 Colin Niven Colin Niven
29/08/1931 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Colin Niven unknown
05/09/1931 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 17 Colin Niven Colin Niven
12/09/1931 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 30 Colin Niven unknown