1919 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1919 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne. Roy Laing captained the hosts. Wally Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Ted Melling.

Essendon (9.13.67) defeated Fitzroy (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 July 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.13.67 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 8 7 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Fitzroy 2 . 0 3 . 4 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FITZ by 2 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Roy Laing
Coach: Jack Worrall

Fitzroy

Captain: Wally Johnson
Coach: Ted Melling (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Baring, Fred ? ? 3 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Collins, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Donald, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinkwater, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
20 McDonald, Frank ? ? 1 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 2 ?
18 Robertson, Pat ? ? 0 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Sutherland, Syd ? ? 1 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 4 ?
4 Heaney, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Keays, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
16 King, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
28 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Moore, Fred ? ? 2 ?
31 O'Dee, Bert ? ? 0 ?
27 Rattray, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
19 Shaw, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Sherry, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Shortill, Joe ? ? 0 ?
29 Wigraft, 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