1922 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1922 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1922 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Percy Wilson captained the hosts. Chris Lethbridge captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Wilson and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1922 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 September 1922
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 7.13.55 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 3 . 7 7 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 5 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Wilson
Coach: Percy Wilson

Fitzroy

Captain: Chris Lethbridge
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 1 ?
32 Bourke, Pat ? ? 1 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar ? ? 0 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 3 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Moore, Vern ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
33 Dalitz, Alwin ? ? 3 ?
28 Donnellan, Steve ? ? 2 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 3 ?
6 Gale, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
8 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 15

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