1939 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 89.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Wilfred Smallhorn (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Clen Denning (37)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Curcio

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Besford, Ted 1 R17 0
Calverley, Bruce #20 18 R01-R18 7
Catton, Len #34 3 R06-R08 0
Clark, Eric #14 3 R06-R08 0
Curcio, Frank #18 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0
Curtin, Claude #33 4 R03, R06-R08 1
Dawson, Horrie #30 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 1
Denning, Clen #32 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 37
Dennis, Gordon #17 1 R05 0
Edwards, Arthur #11 8 R03-R08, R15-R16 7
Fields, Allan #17 8 R11-R18 7
Gillespie-Jones, Audley #7 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Hall, Arthur #25 14 R01, R03-R09, R12-R16, R18 0
Hart, Arthur #9 17 R02-R18 22
Hearn, Maurie #23 15 R01, R03-R07, R10-R18 4
Hillard, Norm #3 5 R14-R18 1
Hughson, Fred #6 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R18 23
Hughson, Mick #5 6 R01-R04, R17-R18 1
Hurley, Alf #31 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 20
Jacobs, Harry #8 2 R02, R09 0
Keighery, Mick #19 1 R18 0
Knott, Arch #1 9 R01-R03, R05-R10 0
Martin, Llew 2 R17-R18 0
McKenzie, Jock #13 8 R01, R05, R09-R14 7
Minney, Bert #15 3 R01, R07, R09 0
Morgan, Laurie #2 11 R02-R05, R08, R10-R12, R14-R16 4
Murray, Dan 1 R01 0
Price, Noel #22 14 R02-R11, R14-R17 20
Reville, Peter #14 10 R01-R07, R09-R11 8
Ryan, Denis #4 4 R11-R14 3
Sayers, Bob #19 3 R02-R04 0
Sharp, Mickey #27 2 R01-R02 1
Smallhorn, Wilfred #21 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 6
Smith, Len #29 10 R01, R03-R04, R09-R10, R12-R13, R16-R18 1
Stackpole, Keith #26 11 R08-R18 16
Tagell, Jim #24 6 R07, R10-R13, R16 7
Treweek, Bernie #10 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 0
White, Allan #28 10 R02, R04-R05, R09-R15 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)
Rattray, Gordon 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
29/04/1939 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 32 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
06/05/1939 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 9 Gordon Rattray unknown
13/05/1939 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME DRAW drawn Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
20/05/1939 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 37 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
27/05/1939 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 21 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
03/06/1939 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 23 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
12/06/1939 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 47 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
17/06/1939 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 9 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
24/06/1939 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 42 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
01/07/1939 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
08/07/1939 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 10 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
15/07/1939 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 31 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
22/07/1939 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 46 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
05/08/1939 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 1 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
12/08/1939 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
19/08/1939 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 2 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio
02/09/1939 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 46 Gordon Rattray Frank Curcio