1902 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1902 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1902 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Bill McClelland captained the hosts. Bill McSpeerin captained the visitors.

Melbourne (5.7.37) defeated Fitzroy (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 July 1902
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 5.7.37 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 4 3 . 4 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 8 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin level FITZ by 13 FITZ by 10 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. D'Helin

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 2 ?
Gardner, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Hocking, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 1 ?
Ryan, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
Bartlett, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Brophy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Fontaine, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Hince, Frank ? ? 0 ?
McCarthy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Naismith, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sharp, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Trotter, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Wilkinson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 9

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