1912 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1912 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round six of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Jack Cooper captained the hosts. Alf George captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Geoff Moriarty and the visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Fitzroy (11.12.78) defeated Melbourne (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 June 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 6 7 . 10 9 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Cooper
Coach: Geoff Moriarty

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Murphy

Goal Umpires

P. Devine
J. Keenan

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
G. Green

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Abbott, Frank ? ? 2 ?
1 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Buist, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim ? ? 3 ?
10 Heron, Percy ? ? 2 ?
12 Holmes, Billy ? ? 2 ?
13 Hutton, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally ? ? 0 ?
15 Lambert, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Laver, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
20 Norris, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
21 Parratt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
24 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Wells, Tom ? ? 0 ?
25 Willoughby, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Abbott, Les ? ? 0 ?
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 5 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Francis, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Hickey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Kennedy, Mal ? ? 0 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 2 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted ? ? 1 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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