1902 VFL Season Sectional Round 1: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1902 between Geelong and Fitzroy during the first sectional round of the 1902 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Henry Young captained the hosts. Bill McSpeerin captained the visitors.

Geelong (5.6.36) were defeated by Fitzroy (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Round: Sectional Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 August 1902
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 5.6.36 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Fitzroy 0 . 4 0 . 8 2 . 12 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 12 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Middleton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bailiff, Les ? ? 0 ?
Belcher, Norman ? ? 1 ?
Bennion, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Cronin, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Donaghy, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
Holland, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Mahoney, Bill ? ? 1 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Pitman, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Reed, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 6

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
Bartlett, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Best, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Brosnan, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Howard, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Loel, Bertie ? ? 0 ?
McCarthy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Milne, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sharp, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Trotter, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Wilkinson, Alf ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 15

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