1897 VFL Season: Fitzroy
Season Team Details
Competition:
1897 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Home Ground:
Brunswick Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
6th (W-D-L: 4-1-9, P%: 104.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astruc, Ivan | 6 | 1 | R01-06 | |
| Banks, Tom | 8 | 0 | R01-07, R12 | |
| Cameron, Charlie | 5 | 1 | R09-11, R13-14 | |
| Cleary, Bill | 10 | 2 | R05-14 | |
| Curran, Tim | 3 | 0 | R02-03, R10 | |
| Dalton, Jack | 12 | 0 | R01-07, R09-11, R13-14 | |
| Davidson, Alex | 3 | 0 | R10-11, R13 | |
| Descrimes, Pat | 11 | 2 | R01-04, R08-14 | |
| Grace, Jim | 12 | 9 | R01, R03-09, R11-14 | |
| Grace, Mick | 13 | 7 | R01, R03-14 | |
| Hickey, Pat | 14 | 0 | R01-14 | |
| James, Harry | 1 | 0 | R13 | |
| Jenkins, Ern | 7 | 2 | R01-04, R08-09, R11 | |
| Kerrigan, Joe | 4 | 0 | R08-11 | |
| Kiernan, Chris | 13 | 11 | R01-10, R12-14 | |
| Kimberley, Percy | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R06-08 | |
| Lamley, Roger | 8 | 6 | R01-08 | |
| McEwen, Hugh | 4 | 0 | R11-14 | |
| McKay, Dick | 11 | 5 | R01-09, R13-14 | |
| McMichael, Sam | 10 | 0 | R01-03, R06-12 | |
| McSpeerin, Bill | 10 | 5 | R01, R05-10, R12-14 | |
| Moriarty, Dan | 12 | 2 | R01-12 | |
| Moriarty, Geoff | 13 | 0 | R01-08, R10-14 | |
| Muirhead, Arch | 12 | 1 | R01-09, R12-14 | |
| Nolan, Herb | 3 | 0 | R12-14 | |
| Nolan, Jerry | 13 | 0 | R01-02, R04-14 | |
| Nomens, Fred | 2 | 1 | R02-03 | |
| Noonan, Paddy | 11 | 3 | R03-08, R10-14 | |
| Peppard, Mick | 5 | 0 | R09-12, R14 | |
| Rapiport, Bert | 3 | 1 | R02, R04-05 | |
| Reid, Stan | 8 | 0 | R04-05, R07, R09-13 | |
| Robinson, James | 1 | 0 | R14 | |
| Sharpe, Bert | 8 | 1 | R06-12, R14 | |
| Sloan, Alec | 11 | 0 | R02-08, R11-14 | |
| Staniland, Ted | 5 | 3 | R01-03, R05, R10 | |
| Whelan, Jim | 2 | 0 | R01, R04 | |
| Yager, Henry | 1 | 0 | R09 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Jerry Nolan | Alec Sloan | Jack Dalton |
| Half-Back: | Bill Cleary | Pat Hickey | Sam McMichael |
| Centre: | Percy Kimberley | Geoff Moriarty | Arch Muirhead |
| Half-Forward: | Chris Kiernan | Jim Grace | Herb Nolan |
| Forward: | Dick McKay | Bert Sharpe | Paddy Noonan |
| Follower: | Pat Descrimes | Mick Grace | Roger Lamley |
| Bill McSpeerin | Charlie Cameron |
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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 2 out of 14 matches was used.
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/05/1897 | Round 1 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 33 | unknown | Sam McMichael |
| 15/05/1897 | Round 2 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 40 | unknown | Sam McMichael |
| 22/05/1897 | Round 3 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 11 | unknown | Sam McMichael |
| 29/05/1897 | Round 4 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 22 | unknown | Tom Banks |
| 05/06/1897 | Round 5 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 16 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 19/06/1897 | Round 6 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 16 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 22/06/1897 | Round 7 | South Melbourne | HOME | DRAW | drawn | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 26/06/1897 | Round 8 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 38 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 03/07/1897 | Round 9 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 57 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 10/07/1897 | Round 10 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 27 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 17/07/1897 | Round 11 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 32 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 24/07/1897 | Round 12 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 7 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 31/07/1897 | Round 13 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 12 | unknown | Bill Cleary |
| 07/08/1897 | Round 14 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 1 | unknown | Bill Cleary |