1922 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 October 1922 between Essendon and Fitzroy in the final of the 1922 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Syd Barker captained the hosts. Chris Lethbridge captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Essendon (6.9.45) were defeated by Fitzroy (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1922 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 October 1922
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,021

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.9.45 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Fitzroy 0 . 3 3 . 4 4 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 6 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Coach: Syd Barker (caretaker)

Fitzroy

Captain: Chris Lethbridge
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Hardy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Irwin, Vince ? ? 0 ?
3 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
19 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 1 ?
12 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 5 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 Donnellan, Steve ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 1 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 2 ?
6 Gale, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
18 Sherry, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 3 ?
16 Williams, Fred ? ? 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