1921 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1921 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round one of the 1921 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Dick Lee captained the hosts with Les Hughes as vice-captain. Percy Parratt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Percy Parratt.

Collingwood (10.13.73) defeated Fitzroy (9.3.57).

Match Details

Season: 1921 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 May 1921
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.13.73 - 9.3.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 6 5 . 7 6 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 3 9 . 3 9 . 3 (57)
Margin FITZ by 7 COLL by 4 level COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Dick Lee
Vice-Captain: Les Hughes
Coach: Jock McHale

Fitzroy

Captain: Percy Parratt
Coach: Percy Parratt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Colechin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
3 Curtis, Harry ? ? 1 ?
5 Dobrigh, Gus ? ? 0 ?
8 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Hughes, Les (vc) ? ? 1 ?
21 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
13 Lee, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 McCarthy, Con ? ? 0 ?
18 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Sheehy, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 1 ?
25 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Carter, Harold ? ? 2 ?
25 Chapman, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 1 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Gale, Len ? ? 0 ?
5 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
16 King, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 McGilvray, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Merrick, Bob ? ? 3 ?
28 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Sherry, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
2 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
15 Williams, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 3

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