1912 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1912 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round nine of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Geoff Moriarty and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Fitzroy (3.7.25) were defeated by Essendon (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 June 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 3.7.25 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 7 3 . 7 (25)
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 6 3 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 2 level ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Geoff Moriarty

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain: Lou Armstrong
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Noseda

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Keenan

Boundary Umpires

W. Ince
J. Kennedy

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Abbott, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Buist, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Collins, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim ? ? 2 ?
11 Heron, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
13 Hutton, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally ? ? 0 ?
15 Lambert, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Laver, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
20 Norris, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
21 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
23 Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Strownix, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Wells, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 3 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
26 Harvey, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 2 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Worle, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

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