1923 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1923 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round three of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Bert Rankin captained the hosts with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. Gordon Rattray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Taylor and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Geelong (10.11.71) defeated Fitzroy (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 May 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.11.71 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 3 . 6 7 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bert Rankin
Vice-Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Bert Taylor

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Dunstone, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 Fleming, Roy ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
28 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Harris, George ? ? 1 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Jockie ? ? 2 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) ? ? 3 ?
10 Sharland, Wally ? ? 3 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Carter, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Donnellan, Steve ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Gale, Len ? ? 4 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 13

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