1950 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 110.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Ruthven (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Eddie Hart (50)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Bill Stephen

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Ruthven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bickley, Ron #11 15 R03-R08, R10-R18 0
Chanter, Vic #24 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 0
Clay, Bert #31 13 R01, R05-R06, R09-R18 2
Coates, George #2 16 R01-R02, R04-R15, R17-R18 21
Donnellan, Ray #13 17 R02-R18 0
Dunn, Ron #29 6 R03-R04, R09, R11-R12, R14 0
Fitt, Arthur #14 2 R09, R15 0
Furness, Don #30 11 R03-R05, R08-R12, R14, R16, R18 9
Gaffney, Jack #26 18 R01-R18 0
Gale, Alan #33 11 R01-R05, R12-R15, R17-R18 3
Goodger, Eddie #15 17 R01, R03-R18 1
Hart, Don #10 10 R09-R18 12
Hart, Eddie #25 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 50
Jarvis, Noel #27 18 R01-R18 4
Johnstone, Norm #17 18 R01-R18 10
Kennedy, Dick #9 5 R01-R05 6
Kettle, Jim #32 1 R01 1
McLaughlin, Alan #19 10 R01, R03, R06-R08, R13-R17 4
Miller, Bob #12 7 R01-R07 1
Moore, Eric #3 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 3
Nicholls, Reg #20 18 R01-R18 0
Ross, Ken #22 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 5
Ruthven, Allan #7 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 45
Shillinglaw, Harold #6 13 R01-R02, R06-R08, R10-R14, R16-R18 6
Simpson, Ron #5 8 R02-R03, R07-R08, R13, R16-R18 7
Smith, Norm #4 4 R01-R02, R09-R10 4
Sorrell, Alan #16 1 R02 0
Stephen, Bill #8 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 0
Streader, Jack #18 16 R03-R18 5
Vandersluys, Stan #28 9 R02-R08, R14-R15 7
Watson, Lance #16 10 R06-R11, R13-R16 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 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1950 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 6 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
29/04/1950 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 42 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
06/05/1950 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 10 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
13/05/1950 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 66 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
20/05/1950 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 81 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
27/05/1950 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 51 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
03/06/1950 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 44 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
12/06/1950 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
17/06/1950 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 33 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
24/06/1950 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 20 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
01/07/1950 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 25 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
08/07/1950 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
15/07/1950 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 23 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
22/07/1950 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 10 Norm Smith unknown
05/08/1950 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 3 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
12/08/1950 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 74 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
19/08/1950 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 5 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
26/08/1950 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 24 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven