1949 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-9, P%: 97.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Ruthven (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Eddie Hart (53)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Allan Ruthven

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Smith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bickley, Ron #11 7 R13-R19 0
Chanter, Vic #24 19 R01-R19 0
Clay, Bert #31 15 R01-R11, R14-R17 0
Coates, George #2 17 R01-R03, R05-R13, R15-R19 20
Collins, Jack #1 7 R01-R05, R08, R15 5
Curtin, Claude #34 2 R13-R14 1
Donnellan, Ray #13 12 R06-R07, R10-R19 0
Furness, Don #30 2 R09-R10 1
Gaffney, Jack #26 14 R01-R02, R05-R07, R10-R17, R19 0
Gale, Alan #33 17 R01-R04, R07-R19 1
Goodger, Eddie #15 10 R10-R19 0
Hart, Eddie #25 13 R01-R12, R14 53
Hart, Kevin #16 7 R04, R06, R08-R09, R12, R14-R15 2
Jarvis, Noel #27 19 R01-R19 5
Johnstone, Norm #17 19 R01-R19 4
Kennedy, Dick #9 19 R01-R19 23
Kettle, Jim #5 17 R01-R13, R16-R19 8
McLaughlin, Alan #19 13 R01-R12, R14 0
Milburn, Reg #35 2 R18-R19 0
Miller, Bob #12 12 R01-R03, R06, R10, R12-R18 1
Moore, Eric #3 1 R01 0
Nicholls, Geoff #14 6 R11-R15, R17 3
Nicholls, Reg #20 17 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R19 2
Ross, Ken #22 11 R03-R09, R12-R15 3
Ruthven, Allan #7 19 R01-R19 33
Shillinglaw, Harold #6 9 R03-R11 4
Sier, Gerry #10 8 R01-R07, R09 0
Simpson, Ron #5 7 R01-R04, R15-R17 4
Smith, Norm #4 13 R01-R05, R07-R10, R13-R14, R18-R19 22
Stephen, Bill #8 14 R01-R08, R11-R12, R16-R19 0
Streader, Jack #18 6 R08-R09, R13, R17-R19 3
Toohey, Jack #29 15 R04-R16, R18-R19 6
Vandersluys, Stan #28 7 R02-R03, R11, R16-R19 4
Waters, Barry #32 1 R05 0
Wright, Ron #21 3 R16, R18-R19 0

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)
Smith, Norm 19 10 -0- 9 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1949 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 22 Norm Smith Norm Smith
23/04/1949 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 1 Norm Smith Norm Smith
30/04/1949 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 1 Norm Smith Norm Smith
07/05/1949 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 Norm Smith Norm Smith
14/05/1949 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 38 Norm Smith Norm Smith
21/05/1949 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 4 Norm Smith unknown
28/05/1949 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 81 Norm Smith Norm Smith
04/06/1949 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 19 Norm Smith Norm Smith
13/06/1949 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 22 Norm Smith Norm Smith
18/06/1949 Round 10 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 3 Norm Smith Norm Smith
02/07/1949 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 9 Norm Smith unknown
09/07/1949 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 45 Norm Smith unknown
16/07/1949 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 5 Norm Smith Norm Smith
23/07/1949 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 10 Norm Smith Norm Smith
30/07/1949 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 44 Norm Smith unknown
06/08/1949 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 14 Norm Smith unknown
13/08/1949 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 35 Norm Smith unknown
20/08/1949 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 11 Norm Smith Norm Smith
27/08/1949 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 49 Norm Smith Norm Smith