1913 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1913 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1913 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Bill Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Percy Parratt.

Melbourne (4.7.31) were defeated by Fitzroy (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1913 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 May 1913
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,770

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.7.31 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 6 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin FITZ by 7 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Walker
Coach: Percy Parratt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Lane

Goal Umpires

S. Chapman
W. Little

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Armstrong, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
23 Brady, Campbell ? ? 1 ?
28 Ellingsen, Percy ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 George, Alf (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Lugton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Millhouse, Algy ? ? 0 ?
5 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
3 Robertson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Wellington, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Freake, Jim ? ? 4 ?
18 Harrison, Artie ? ? 0 ?
11 Heron, Percy ? ? 1 ?
30 Holden, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Wally ? ? 1 ?
17 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
16 McArthur, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
20 Norris, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
21 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
23 Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Strownix, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Wells, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
25 Willoughby, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

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