1922 VFL Grand Final: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 October 1922 between Fitzroy and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1922 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at 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
Back: J. Atkinson, H. Jenkin, B. Taylor
Half-back: C. Lethbridge (capt.), S. Molan, E. Elliott
Centre: F. Williams, T. Corrigan, C. Sherry
Half-forward: P. Parratt, S. Donnellan, G. Rattray
Forward: L. Wigraft, J. Freake, L. Gale
Follower: G. Collins, G. McCracken, C. Fergie

Collingwood
Back: L. Murphy, H. Saunders, E. Wilson
Half-back: C. Tyson, C. Brown, B. Twomey
Centre: T. Drummond (capt.), C. Pannam (vice-capt.), L. Wescott
Half-forward: H. Chesswas, S. Coventry, G. Coventry
Forward: T. Baker, E. Cock, D. Lee
Follower: P. Rowe, M. Sheehy, R. Webb

Fitzroy (11.13.79) defeated Collingwood (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: J. Freake (4), P. Parratt (3), C. Fergie, G. McCracken, L. Wigraft, F. Williams
Collingwood: G. Coventry (3), S. Coventry (2), D. Lee (2), T. Baker, T. Drummond

Match Details

Season: 1922 VFL Season
Round: 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

Coaches: Vic Belcher (Fitzroy), Jock McHale (Collingwood)
Captains: Chris Lethbridge (Fitzroy), Tom Drummond (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Charlie Pannam (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Elder
Goal Umpire: E. Jenkins, J. Monohan
Boundary Umpire: 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	??:??

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