1912 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1912 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Charlie Ricketts captained the hosts with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. Jack Cooper captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Geoff Moriarty.

South Melbourne (7.5.47) defeated Fitzroy (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 April 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 7.5.47 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 2 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Fitzroy 1 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 8 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin SMLB by 15 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Ricketts
Vice-Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Cooper
Coach: Geoff Moriarty

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Pierce

Goal Umpires

W. Little
J. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

J. Doherty
G. Green

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) RU ? 0 ?
3 Bower, George C ? 0 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim WL ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred FPL ? 2 ?
5 Charge, Les FPR ? 2 ?
7 Deas, Bob HFFR ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert FB ? 0 ?
10 Grimshaw, Tom BPR ? 0 ?
11 Hiskins, Arthur HBFL ? 1 ?
13 Milne, Herbert CHF ? 0 ?
15 Mortimer, Len FF ? 2 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick RO ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe WR ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce RU ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
21 Walsh, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 5

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bamford, Fred HBFL ? 0 ?
2 Buist, Teddy WR ? 0 ?
3 Campbell, Bruce FF ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, Jack (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Dall, Clarrie HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim FPR ? 2 ?
13 Hutton, Cliff RU ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally CHB ? 0 ?
15 Lambert, George WL ? 0 ?
16 Lamont, Frank FPL ? 0 ?
17 Lenne, Bert FB ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold C ? 0 ?
20 Norris, Charlie BPL ? 0 ?
21 Parratt, Percy HFFR ? 2 ?
22 Rahilly, Bob RU ? 0 ?
23 Shaw, George RO ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
25 Willoughby, Paddy CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 10

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

Player Line-Up

South Melbourne Coach: Charlie Ricketts
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 C. Norris 17 B. Lenne 24 B. Walker 2 V. Belcher (vc)

5 L. Charge 15 L. Mortimer 6 F. Carpenter 18 B. Sloss

FORWARD 14 D. Mullaly

HALF-BACK



1 F. Bamford 14 W. Johnson 5 J. Cooper (c)



7 B. Deas 13 H. Milne 1 C. Ricketts (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 G. Lambert 19 H. McLennan 2 T. Buist



17 J. Prince 3 G. Bower 4 J. Caldwell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 C. Hutton

HALF-FORWARD 22 B. Rahilly

6 C. Dall 25 P. Willoughby 21 P. Parratt 23 G. Shaw

19 J. Scobie 20 B. Thomas 11 A. Hiskins



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 F. Lamont 3 B. Campbell 8 J. Freake



10 T. Grimshaw 9 B. Franks 21 J. Walsh



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Geoff Moriarty