1912 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1912 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. Jack Cooper captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Geoff Moriarty.

Essendon (7.13.55) defeated Fitzroy (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 August 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 7.13.55 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 2 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 7 4 . 10 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin ESSE by 9 FITZ by 7 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Cooper
Coach: Geoff Moriarty

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

S. Chapman
J. Keenan

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
G. McCall

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 1 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
Blencowe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 3 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Campbell, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
11 Heron, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
10 Heron, Percy ? ? 1 ?
12 Holmes, Billy ? ? 1 ?
13 Hutton, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally ? ? 0 ?
15 Lambert, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Marchbank, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
21 Parratt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
23 Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Strownix, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Willoughby, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 13

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