1905 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1905 between Fitzroy and Carlton in the final of the 1905 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at the MCG. Gerald Brosnan captained the hosts with Percy Trotter as vice-captain. Jim Flynn captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Fitzroy (11.6.72) defeated Carlton (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1905 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 23 September 1905
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Carlton
Score: 11.6.72 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Carlton 3 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin CARL by 2 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Gerald Brosnan
Vice-Captain: Percy Trotter

Carlton

Captain: Jim Flynn
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bailes, Barclay ? ? 0 ?
Barker, Gilbert ? ? 0 ?
Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Brosnan, Gerald (c) ? ? 1 ?
Fontaine, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Johnson, Joe ? ? 2 ?
McDonough, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Millis, Les ? ? 1 ?
Milne, Herbert ? ? 2 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sharp, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Sheehan, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Trotter, Percy (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Wilkinson, Alf ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 6

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Boyle, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Bruce, George ? ? 0 ?
Caine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Clark, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Flynn, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Hammond, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Johnson, George ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Ted ? ? 0 ?
McGregor, Rod ? ? 1 ?
McNeel, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Parke, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Payne, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Roland, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Snell, Archie ? ? 1 ?
Topping, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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