1938 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 88.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Wilfred Smallhorn (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Hughson (62)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Curcio

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Backway, Fred 1 R02 0
Boyd, Neil #33 4 R01-R04 0
Bunworth, Bill #3 5 R01-R03, R16-R17 1
Calverley, Bruce 2 R17-R18 1
Catton, Len #10 1 R18 0
Clark, Eric #26 13 R01-R06, R08-R11, R16-R18 1
Curcio, Frank #18 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 5
Dalley, Geoff #16 6 R01-R04, R08-R09 6
Dawson, Horrie #30 16 R01-R16 0
Denning, Clen #32 13 R03-R15 12
Dennis, Gordon #17 8 R05-R10, R17-R18 4
Edwards, Arthur #11 15 R04-R18 7
Gillespie-Jones, Audley #34 3 R01, R12-R13 0
Gray, Wally #22 6 R01-R02, R05, R09-R11 0
Hall, Arthur #25 4 R01-R03, R13 0
Hart, Arthur #9 2 R17-R18 1
Hughson, Fred #6 15 R04-R18 62
Hughson, Mick #5 15 R01-R07, R10-R17 3
Hurley, Alf #22 1 R18 4
Jacobs, Harry #8 2 R16-R17 0
Knott, Arch #1 3 R02-R04 0
Ledwidge, Tom #19 3 R01-R02, R04 1
McKenzie, Jock #13 18 R01-R18 33
Minney, Bert #15 15 R03-R16, R18 0
Monaghan, Leo #19 2 R15-R16 0
Morgan, Laurie #2 9 R04-R07, R10-R12, R14-R15 5
Murray, Dan #12 14 R05-R18 3
Mutimer, Wally #23 13 R01-R02, R04-R08, R11-R15, R18 2
Norman, Ingy #20 1 R18 0
Norman, Jack #33 1 R03 1
Reville, Peter #14 12 R06, R08-R18 19
Ryan, Denis #4 13 R01-R02, R06-R15, R17 2
Sayers, Bob #8 1 R07 0
Sharp, Mickey #27 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 9
Smallhorn, Wilfred #21 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 3
Smith, Len #29 15 R01-R05, R07-R12, R14, R16-R18 12
Toohey, Jim #24 14 R03-R11, R13-R17 17
Treweek, Bernie #10 16 R01-R09, R11-R17 0
Trigg, Reg #31 2 R01, R03 4
Wegner, Jack #9 1 R16 0
White, Allan #28 6 R04, R12-R15, R18 4

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)
Rattray, Gordon 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 18 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
30/04/1938 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 30 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
07/05/1938 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 33 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
14/05/1938 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 51 Gordon Rattray unknown
21/05/1938 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 72 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
28/05/1938 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 14 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
04/06/1938 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 7 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
13/06/1938 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 41 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
18/06/1938 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 52 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
25/06/1938 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 42 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
02/07/1938 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 3 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
09/07/1938 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 6 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
23/07/1938 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 43 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
30/07/1938 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
06/08/1938 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 50 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
13/08/1938 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 36 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
20/08/1938 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
27/08/1938 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 15 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio