1901 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1901 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1901 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. In the absence of Bill McClelland, Harry Parkin captained the hosts. Bill McSpeerin captained the visitors.

Melbourne (4.5.29) defeated Fitzroy (2.11.23).

Match Details

Season: 1901 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 July 1901
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 4.5.29 - 2.11.23

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 3 . 1 3 . 3 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Fitzroy 0 . 5 0 . 7 1 . 10 2 . 11 2 . 11 (23)
Margin FITZ by 4 MELB by 12 MELB by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Harry Parkin (acting)

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Russ

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Boully, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Colclough, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
McLean, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 1 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Tredinnick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 5

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Brosnan, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Fontaine, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
Loel, Bertie ? ? 0 ?
McDougall, Abe ? ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Trotter, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 11

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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