1943 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 10-0-5, P%: 109.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Richmond (Preliminary Final)
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Keith Stackpole (37)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Fred Hughson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Fred Hughson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brooks, Merv #11 1 R05 0
Brown, Doug #7 13 R05-R12, R14-R16, SF, PF 21
Calverley, Bruce #20 12 R01, R03-R11, R13-R14 4
Calverley, Des #12 6 R01, R04, R15-R16, SF, PF 0
Clay, Alf #15 10 R01, R03-R08, R15-R16, SF 2
Clay, Bert #31 9 R01, R03-R09, PF 5
Clay, Ivor #34 2 R10-R11 0
Curcio, Frank #18 17 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF 0
Dawson, Stan #5 15 R04-R16, SF, PF 18
Denning, Clen #32 17 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF 2
Doherty, Vin #2 3 R01, R03, R13 5
Dyring, Lindsay #4 11 R04-R05, R10-R16, SF, PF 2
Fyffe, Bernie #3 2 R12-R13 3
Gemmell, Leon #24 4 R06, R09, R12-R13 1
Grant, Jack #19 16 R03-R16, SF, PF 42
Hall, Dennis #33 1 R15 0
Hallahan, Jim #28 17 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF 3
Hearn, Adrian #22 3 R13-R15 1
Hearn, Maurie #23 17 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF 13
Hill, Les #16 14 R01, R03-R04, R06-R12, R15-R16, SF, PF 0
Hill, Ted #22 1 R12 0
Hillard, Norm #8 12 R01, R03-R11, SF, PF 3
Horan, Monty #9 5 R12-R14, R16, SF 0
Hoskins, George #14 9 R01, R09-R12, R14, R16, SF, PF 0
Hughson, Fred #6 17 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF 1
Lancaster, Jack #7 2 R09-R10 5
McGain, Syd #3 1 R03 0
McHenry, Bob #17 5 R09, R12-R14, R16 2
Miller, Wally #10 14 R01, R03-R11, R13-R15, PF 10
Monaghan, Leo #17 2 SF, PF 0
Murray, Dan #30 2 R13, R16 0
Patman, Ralph #17 1 R07 0
Powell, Les #21 3 R01, R03, R15 0
Rippon, Max #1 2 R03-R04 0
Ruthven, Allan #30 6 R01, R03-R04, R07-R08, PF 4
Smith, Len #29 1 R01 5
Spokes, Bill #11 3 R16, SF, PF 3
Stackpole, Keith #26 14 R01, R03, R05-R12, R14-R16, SF 37
Tomkins, Ted #25 1 R11 0
White, Allan #36 5 R05-R08, R14 12
Winberg, Harold #11 12 R04-R15 4
Wright, Stan #35 15 R01, R03-R06, R08, R10-R16, SF, PF 5

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)
Hughson, Fred 17 11 -0- 6 R01, R03-R16, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1943 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 3 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
Round 2 BYE
22/05/1943 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 1 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
29/05/1943 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 11 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
05/06/1943 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 77 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
12/06/1943 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 6 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
19/06/1943 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 34 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
26/06/1943 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 39 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
03/07/1943 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 43 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
10/07/1943 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 27 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
17/07/1943 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
31/07/1943 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 11 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
07/08/1943 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 34 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
14/08/1943 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 50 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
21/08/1943 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 50 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
28/08/1943 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 15 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
04/09/1943 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 51 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
18/09/1943 Preliminary Final Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 25 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson