1908 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Competition: 1908 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 109.4)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Bailes, Barclay 16 6 R01-12, R14-15, R17-18
Barker, Lou 14 1 R02-15
Beauchamp, Tammy 17 4 R01-07, R09-18
Brosnan, Gerald 6 6 R02, R09-10, R14-16
Campbell, Bill 1 0 R03
Cooper, Jack 17 3 R01-16, R18
Dick, Billy 18 4 R01-18
Dinsmore, Bill 5 6 R13-17
Duncan, Val 11 0 R01-03, R07-11, R13, R16-17
Edgeley, Jack 5 1 R02-04, R09, R11
Forbes, Fred 5 6 R13-17
Franklin, Bill 5 4 R01-02, R09, R13, R18
Holden, George 15 2 R01-02, R05-15, R17-18
Jenkins, Ern 10 0 R02-09, R16-17
Johnson, Wally 18 27 R01-18
McLennan, Harold 15 3 R01-02, R04-09, R12-18
McLennan, Norm 1 1 R01
McWilliam, George 11 1 R01, R04-08, R12-16
Millis, Les 18 10 R01-18
Milne, Herbert 18 7 R01-18
Naismith, Wally 15 4 R01-13, R17-18
Norton, Tom 1 2 R18
Owen, Charlie 4 3 R04, R09, R11, R18
Richardson, Ned 1 0 R10
Sharp, Jim 17 2 R01-08, R10-18
Sharp, Les 8 3 R03, R05-07, R10-12, R18
Sheehan, Percy 1 0 R03
Smith, Bob 14 9 R03-08, R10-17
Taylor, Charlie 11 0 R04-06, R10-12, R14-18
Thorpe, Jim 2 0 R01, R08
Treloar, Arthur 3 1 R01, R08-09
Walker, Bill 13 3 R01-06, R12-18
Wilkinson, Alf 8 7 R07-08, R10-12, R16-18

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Val Duncan Ern Jenkins Lou Barker
Half-Back: Charlie Taylor Jim Sharp Jack Cooper
Centre: Barclay Bailes Les Millis Tammy Beauchamp
Half-Forward: Billy Dick Fred Forbes George Holden
Forward: Wally Naismith Wally Johnson Bob Smith
Follower: Herbert Milne Bill Walker George McWilliam

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 14 out of 18 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1908 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 9 unknown Jim Sharp
09/05/1908 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN FITZ by 31 unknown Jim Sharp
16/05/1908 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN FITZ by 25 unknown Jim Sharp
23/05/1908 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN FITZ by 16 unknown Jim Sharp
30/05/1908 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 32 unknown Jim Sharp
06/06/1908 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 4 unknown Jim Sharp
08/06/1908 Round 7 University AWAY WIN FITZ by 23 unknown Jim Sharp
13/06/1908 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STKL by 33 unknown Jim Sharp
20/06/1908 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 3 unknown unknown
27/06/1908 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 13 unknown Jim Sharp
04/07/1908 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 2 unknown Jim Sharp
11/07/1908 Round 12 Richmond HOME LOSS RICH by 1 unknown Jim Sharp
18/07/1908 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN FITZ by 18 unknown Jim Sharp
25/07/1908 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 11 unknown Jim Sharp
01/08/1908 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 11 unknown Jim Sharp
08/08/1908 Round 16 University HOME WIN FITZ by 21 unknown Jim Sharp
15/08/1908 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STKL by 9 unknown Jim Sharp
05/09/1908 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN FITZ by 74 unknown Jim Sharp