1923 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1923 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round five of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Jimmy Sullivan as vice-captain. Gordon Rattray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Essendon (4.13.37) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 June 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.13.37 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 5 3 . 9 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 3 . 5 5 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin ESSE by 2 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Jimmy Sullivan
Coach: Syd Barker

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) RU ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm CHF ? 0 ?
22 Callahan, Joe RU ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPR ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WL ? 0 ?
9 Harrison, Harry BPL ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry FB ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince FPL ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank RO ? 0 ?
27 Marchesi, Val HBFR ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 3 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy (vc) WR ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley HFFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bryant, Les CHF ? 2 ?
11 Carter, Harold FPR ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm FPL ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie RU ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy BPL ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern HBFR ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim FF ? 2 ?
6 Gale, Len RO ? 1 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie FB ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon RU ? 2 ?
16 Michel, Ern WR ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan CHB ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy HFFL ? 0 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
34 Scales, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les C ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

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

Essendon Coach: Syd Barker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 T. Corrigan 4 H. Jenkin 34 J. Scales 1 S. Barker (c)

21 T. Jenkins 25 G. Stockdale 18 V. Irwin 22 J. Callahan

FORWARD 24 F. Maher

HALF-BACK



21 J. Tarbotton 2 S. Molan 5 E. Elliott



30 G. Shorten 3 N. Beckton 10 R. Watt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 F. Williams 31 L. Warren 16 E. Michel



8 J. Sullivan (vc) 14 C. May 28 J. Garden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 29 G. Collins

HALF-FORWARD 24 G. McCracken

30 P. Parratt 23 L. Bryant 7 G. Rattray (c) 6 L. Gale

27 V. Marchesi 6 T. Fitzmaurice 15 R. Laing



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 N. Cockram 9 J. Freake 11 H. Carter



2 C. Donaldson 7 H. Hunter 9 H. Harrison



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Vic Belcher