1903 VFL Season Grand Final: Collingwood v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1903 between Collingwood and Fitzroy in the final of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at the MCG.
Lardie Tulloch captained the hosts with Charlie Pannam as vice-captain.
Gerald Brosnan captained the visitors.
Collingwood (4.7.31) defeated Fitzroy (3.11.29).
Match Details
Season:
1903 VFL Season
Round:
Final (Grand Final)
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 12 September 1903
Time:
3:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
32,363
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Fitzroy
Score:
4.7.31 - 3.11.29
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Collingwood | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 6 | 4 | . | 7 | 4 | . | 7 | (31) |
| Fitzroy | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 5 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | . | 11 | 3 | . | 11 | (29) |
| Margin | COLL by 1 | COLL by 5 | COLL by 4 | COLL by 2 | COLL by 2 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Lardie TullochVice-Captain: Charlie Pannam
Fitzroy
Captain: Gerald BrosnanPlayer Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Addison, Jim | FF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Angus, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Condon, Dick | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Drohan, Eddie | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dummett, Alf | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fell, Matthew | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Incoll, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Leach, Arthur | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lockwood, George | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lockwood, Teddy | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McCormack, Con | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Monohan, Jack | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pannam, Charlie (vc) | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pears, Harry | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Proudfoot, Bill | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rowell, Ted | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rush, Bob | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Tulloch, Lardie (c) | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 4 | 7 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Barker, Lou | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Beauchamp, Tammy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brophy, Frank | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brosnan, Gerald (c) | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Clarke, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fontaine, Fred | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jenkins, Ern | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kiernan, Chris | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McSpeerin, Bill | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Millis, Les | WL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Milne, Herbert | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Naismith, Wally | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharp, Alf | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharp, Jim | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharpe, Bert | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Trotter, Percy | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Walker, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wilkinson, Alf | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 3 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Collingwood | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| A. Sharp | W. Naismith | L. Barker | G. Angus |
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| H. Pears | J. Addison | A. Leach | J. Incoll |
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| FORWARD | D. Condon |
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| E. Jenkins | J. Sharp | F. Fontaine |
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| L. Tulloch (c) | T. Rowell | T. Lockwood |
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| L. Millis | H. Clarke | T. Beauchamp |
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| E. Drohan | C. McCormack | C. Pannam (vc) | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | H. Milne |
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| HALF-FORWARD | B. Walker |
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| C. Kiernan | B. Sharpe | G. Brosnan (c) | P. Trotter |
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| B. Rush | J. Monohan | M. Fell |
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| FORWARD |
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| B. McSpeerin | F. Brophy | A. Wilkinson |
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| A. Dummett | B. Proudfoot | G. Lockwood |
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| Fitzroy | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | COLL | Ted Rowell behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? |
| FITZ | Herbert Milne goal | 0.1.1 | - | 1.0.6 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | unknown behind | 0.1.1 | - | 1.1.7 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Dick Condon goal | 1.1.7 | - | 1.1.7 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Bill McSpeerin goal | 1.1.7 | - | 2.1.13 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Teddy Lockwood goal | 2.1.13 | - | 2.1.13 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Harry Pears behind | 2.2.14 | - | 2.1.13 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Ted Rowell behind | 2.3.15 | - | 2.1.13 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | unknown behind | 2.3.15 | - | 2.2.14 | ??:?? | |
| Q2 | FITZ | Percy Trotter behind | 2.3.15 | - | 2.3.15 | ??:?? |
| COLL | Jim Addison behind | 2.4.16 | - | 2.3.15 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Jim Addison goal | 3.4.22 | - | 2.3.15 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 3.4.22 | - | 2.4.16 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Bill McSpeerin behind | 3.4.22 | - | 2.5.17 | ??:?? | |
| Q3 | FITZ | Les Millis behind | 3.4.22 | - | 2.6.18 | ??:?? |
| COLL | George Angus behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.6.18 | ??:?? | |
| COLL | Jack Incoll behind | 3.6.24 | - | 2.6.18 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Percy Trotter behind | 3.6.24 | - | 2.7.19 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 3.6.24 | - | 2.8.20 | ??:?? | |
| Q4 | COLL | unknown behind | 3.7.25 | - | 2.8.20 | ??:?? |
| COLL | Jim Addison goal | 4.7.31 | - | 2.8.20 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Les Millis goal | 4.7.31 | - | 3.8.26 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Les Millis behind | 4.7.31 | - | 3.9.27 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Bill McSpeerin behind | 4.7.31 | - | 3.10.28 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 4.7.31 | - | 3.11.29 | ??:?? | |