1944 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 131.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Allan Ruthven (45)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Allan Ruthven

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Fred Hughson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bickerton, Laurie #18 12 R05-R07, R10-R16, SF, GF 0
Bristowe, Wally #25 2 R03-R04 0
Brooks, Merv #19 1 R02 0
Calverley, Bruce #20 16 R01, R06-R18, SF, GF 3
Calverley, Des #12 5 R01-R03, R05-R06 5
Clay, Alf #15 1 R04 0
Clay, Bert #31 18 R03-R18, SF, GF 6
Clay, Ivor #34 3 R08-R10 1
Curtin, Claude #33 4 R06-R09 4
Dawson, Stan #5 17 R01-R07, R11-R18, SF, GF 14
Denning, Clen #32 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Dyring, Lindsay #4 13 R02-R03, R05, R08-R15, R17-R18 1
Edwards, Arthur #2 2 R03-R04 0
Fields, Allan #33 8 R13-R18, SF, GF 1
Hall, Dennis #4 3 R01, R07-R08 0
Hallahan, Jim #28 5 R01-R02, R04-R06 0
Harrow, Jack #29 2 R11, R13 0
Hart, Eddie #37 1 R05 2
Hearn, Maurie #23 14 R03-R08, R10, R14-R18, SF, GF 7
Hill, Les #16 3 R01-R03 1
Hill, Ted #25 5 R06-R10 0
Hillard, Norm #8 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 5
Horan, Monty #9 10 R02-R10, R18 1
Hoskins, George #14 18 R01-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Hughson, Fred #6 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Jarvis, Noel #27 9 R11-R17, SF, GF 0
Johnstone, Norm #16 4 R11-R13, R17 1
Knott, Arch #14 1 R02 0
Lancaster, Jack #19 7 R05-R06, R08-R12 1
Linney, Charlie #21 2 R05, R07 0
Merrick, Bob #17 4 R01-R04 2
Miller, Wally #10 14 R01-R02, R04, R07-R09, R11-R18 18
Monaghan, Leo #17 5 R13-R17 0
Murray, Dan #7 10 R01-R04, R11-R12, R15-R16, SF, GF 0
Nicholls, Geoff #11 2 R17-R18 1
O'Bryan, Arthur #24 15 R01-R10, R12, R17-R18, SF, GF 24
Price, Noel #22 9 R06-R10, R15-R16, SF, GF 8
Ruthven, Allan #30 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 46
Sier, Ken #17 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 41
Spokes, Bill #11 2 R01, R05 0
Stackpole, Keith #26 12 R02-R04, R09-R14, R18, SF, GF 40
Symons, Jack #19 9 R12-R18, SF, GF 15
Walsh, Billy 1 R01 0
Wright, Stan #35 12 R01, R09-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 9

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 20 15 -1- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 9 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
13/05/1944 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 48 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
20/05/1944 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 25 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
27/05/1944 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 46 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
03/06/1944 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 5 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
10/06/1944 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 14 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
17/06/1944 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 45 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
24/06/1944 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 25 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
01/07/1944 Round 9 Essendon HOME DRAW drawn Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
08/07/1944 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
15/07/1944 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 123 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
22/07/1944 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
29/07/1944 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 51 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
05/08/1944 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
12/08/1944 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 50 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
19/08/1944 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 2 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
26/08/1944 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 55 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
02/09/1944 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 35 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
16/09/1944 Semi Final Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
30/09/1944 Grand Final Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 15 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson