1923 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1923 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round eight of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Gordon Rattray captained the hosts. Harry Curtis captained the visitors with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) defeated Collingwood (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 June 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 7.11.53 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Collingwood 3 . 0 6 . 1 7 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 10 COLL by 16 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Curtis
Vice-Captain: Harry Saunders
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Orchard

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Carter, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 2 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Gale, Len ? ? 1 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Scales, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 2 ?
9 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
8 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cock, Eric ? ? 2 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
6 Coventry, Syd ? ? 0 ?
4 Curtis, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Lingwood-Smith, Hector ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 2 ?
20 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Saunders, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 0 ?
31 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 5

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