1919 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1919 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Wally Johnson captained the hosts. George Heinz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Melling and the visitors were coached by George Heinz.

Fitzroy (21.16.142) defeated Melbourne (2.5.17).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 August 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 21.16.142 - 2.5.17

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 5 14 . 7 19 . 12 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 5 2 . 5 (17)
Margin FITZ by 33 FITZ by 83 FITZ by 111 FITZ by 125 FITZ by 125
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Wally Johnson
Coach: Ted Melling (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: George Heinz
Coach: George Heinz

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Watt

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
7 Gough, George ? ? 2 ?
4 Heaney, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Keays, Fred ? ? 1 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
16 King, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
24 Merrick, Bob ? ? 12 ?
28 Molan, Stan ? ? 3 ?
27 Rattray, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
22 Scott, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Shaw, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Sherry, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
2 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
29 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 21 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Baquie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Bodington, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Chisholm, Eric ? ? 1 ?
10 Coulter, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Elliman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
25 Farrow, Alec ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
32 Grigg, Archie ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 0 ?
20 Mawhinney, Alec ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Selover, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Tonkin, Eric ? ? 0 ?
33 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 5

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