1903 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1903 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Henry Young captained the hosts. Gerald Brosnan captained the visitors.

Geelong (5.3.33) were defeated by Fitzroy (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 August 1903
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 5.3.33 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 1 5 . 3 5 . 3 (33)
Fitzroy 5 . 5 7 . 6 8 . 11 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FITZ by 23 FITZ by 36 FITZ by 46 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Fitzroy

Captain: Gerald Brosnan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
J. Middleton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bennion, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Bowey, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Donaghy, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Alec ? ? 0 ?
McKinley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Quinton, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Stodart, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Woods, Ike ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 3

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bartlett, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Brosnan, Gerald (c) ? ? 1 ?
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Fontaine, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Griffiths, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Milne, Herbert ? ? 1 ?
Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sharp, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Sharp, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 2 ?
Shea, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Trotter, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Walker, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Wilkinson, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 12

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