1912 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1912 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round three of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Jack Cooper captained the hosts. Bill Eason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Geoff Moriarty and the visitors were coached by Bill Eason.

Fitzroy (7.14.56) defeated Geelong (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 May 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 7.14.56 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 3 . 8 6 . 10 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Geelong 1 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Cooper
Coach: Geoff Moriarty

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Bill Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Pierce

Goal Umpires

J. Keenan
W. Little

Boundary Umpires

J. Doherty
J. Dwyer

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Buist, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim ? ? 3 ?
11 Heron, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
10 Heron, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Holmes, Billy ? ? 0 ?
13 Hutton, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally ? ? 1 ?
15 Lambert, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 1 ?
21 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Rahilly, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Strownix, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Willoughby, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Brownlees, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
5 Dalton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Alec ? ? 1 ?
6 Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Freeman, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
12 Healy, Leo ? ? 0 ?
13 Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Marsham, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Martin, Len ? ? 0 ?
15 Martini, Percy ? ? 3 ?
17 Orchard, Billy ? ? 0 ?
22 Rankin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Slater, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 6

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