1922 VFL Season Grand Final: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 October 1922 between Fitzroy and Collingwood in the challenge final of the 1922 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Chris Lethbridge captained the hosts. Tom Drummond captained the visitors with Charlie Pannam as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (11.13.79) defeated Collingwood (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1922 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 October 1922
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,064

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 11.13.79 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 3 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Collingwood 2 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FITZ by 2 COLL by 5 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Chris Lethbridge
Coach: Vic Belcher

Collingwood

Captain: Tom Drummond
Vice-Captain: Charlie Pannam
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

E. Jenkins
J. Monohan

Boundary Umpires

D. McKay
W. Naismith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim BPL ? 0 0
29 Collins, Goldie RU ? 0 0
27 Corrigan, Tommy C ? 0 0
28 Donnellan, Steve CHF ? 0 0
5 Elliott, Ern HBFR ? 0 0
3 Fergie, Clive RO ? 1 2
9 Freake, Jim FF ? 4 3
6 Gale, Len FPR ? 0 1
4 Jenkin, Horrie FB ? 0 0
12 Lethbridge, Chris (c) HBFL ? 0 0
24 McCracken, Gordon RU ? 1 1
2 Molan, Stan CHB ? 0 0
30 Parratt, Percy HFFL ? 3 2
7 Rattray, Gordon HFFR ? 0 1
18 Sherry, Clarrie WR ? 0 0
8 Taylor, Bert BPR ? 0 1
10 Wigraft, Len FPL ? 1 1
16 Williams, Fred WL ? 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (18 players) 11 13

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Baker, Ted FPL ? 1 ?
1 Brown, Charlie CHB ? 0 ?
23 Chesswas, Harry HFFL ? 0 ?
7 Cock, Eric FF ? 0 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon HFFR ? 3 ?
6 Coventry, Syd CHF ? 2 ?
8 Drummond, Tom (c) WL ? 1 ?
13 Lee, Dick FPR ? 2 ?
15 Murphy, Laurie BPL ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Charlie (vc) C ? 0 ?
30 Rowe, Percy RU ? 0 ?
18 Saunders, Harry FB ? 0 ?
19 Sheehy, Maurie RU ? 0 ?
29 Twomey, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
24 Tyson, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
27 Webb, Reynolds RO ? 0 ?
28 Wescott, Leo WR ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Ernie BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Vic Belcher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 L. Murphy 18 H. Saunders 26 E. Wilson 29 G. Collins

6 L. Gale 9 J. Freake 10 L. Wigraft 24 G. McCracken

FORWARD 3 C. Fergie

HALF-BACK



24 C. Tyson 1 C. Brown 29 B. Twomey



7 G. Rattray 28 S. Donnellan 30 P. Parratt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 T. Drummond (c) 16 C. Pannam (vc) 28 L. Wescott



18 C. Sherry 27 T. Corrigan 16 F. Williams FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 30 P. Rowe

HALF-FORWARD 19 M. Sheehy

23 H. Chesswas 6 S. Coventry 5 G. Coventry 27 R. Webb

5 E. Elliott 2 S. Molan 12 C. Lethbridge (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 T. Baker 7 E. Cock 13 D. Lee



8 B. Taylor 4 H. Jenkin 17 J. Atkinson



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Jock McHale

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Charlie Pannam behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 ??:??
FITZ Clive Fergie behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 ??:??
FITZ Percy Parratt behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee goal 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 ??:??
COLL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 ??:??
COLL Eric Cock behind 0.2.2 - 1.3.9 ??:??
COLL Syd Coventry goal 0.2.2 - 2.3.15 ??:??
FITZ Clive Fergie behind 0.3.3 - 2.3.15 ??:??
FITZ Percy Parratt goal 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 ??:??
FITZ Jim Freake behind 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 ??:??
FITZ Percy Parratt goal 2.4.16 - 2.3.15 ??:??
FITZ Bert Taylor behind 2.5.17 - 2.3.15 ??:??
Q2 COLL Ted Baker goal 2.5.17 - 3.3.21 ??:??
FITZ Jim Freake goal 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 ??:??
COLL Percy Rowe behind 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 ??:??
COLL Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.5.23 ??:??
COLL Gordon Coventry goal 3.5.23 - 4.5.29 ??:??
FITZ Len Wigraft behind 3.6.24 - 4.5.29 ??:??
Q3 FITZ Jim Freake goal 4.6.30 - 4.5.29 ??:??
FITZ Jim Freake goal 5.6.36 - 4.5.29 ??:??
FITZ Percy Parratt behind 5.7.37 - 4.5.29 ??:??
FITZ Clive Fergie goal 6.7.43 - 4.5.29 ??:??
COLL Syd Coventry goal 6.7.43 - 5.5.35 ??:??
FITZ Percy Parratt goal 7.7.49 - 5.5.35 ??:??
COLL Gordon Coventry goal 7.7.49 - 6.5.41 ??:??
FITZ Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 6.5.41 ??:??
COLL Bill Twomey behind 7.8.50 - 6.6.42 ??:??
COLL Gordon Coventry behind 7.8.50 - 6.7.43 ??:??
FITZ Len Gale behind 7.9.51 - 6.7.43 ??:??
FITZ Gordon Rattray behind 7.10.52 - 6.7.43 ??:??
FITZ Jim Freake goal 8.10.58 - 6.7.43 ??:??
FITZ Gordon McCracken goal 9.10.64 - 6.7.43 ??:??
COLL Gordon Coventry goal 9.10.64 - 7.7.49 ??:??
Q4 COLL Dick Lee behind 9.10.64 - 7.8.50 ??:??
COLL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 7.9.51 ??:??
COLL Ted Baker behind 9.10.64 - 7.10.52 ??:??
COLL Tom Drummond behind 9.10.64 - 7.11.53 ??:??
COLL Charlie Pannam behind 9.10.64 - 7.12.54 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee behind 9.10.64 - 7.13.55 ??:??
unknown behind 9.?.? - 7.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 9.?.? - 7.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 9.?.? - 7.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 9.13.67 - 7.14.56 ??:??
FITZ Fred Williams goal 10.13.73 - 7.14.56 ??:??
COLL Tom Drummond goal 10.13.73 - 8.14.62 ??:??
FITZ Len Wigraft goal 11.13.79 - 8.14.62 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee goal 11.13.79 - 9.14.68 ??:??