1923 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1923 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twelve of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Gordon Rattray captained the hosts. Bert Rankin captained the visitors with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Bert Taylor.

Fitzroy (6.11.47) were defeated by Geelong (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 July 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 6.11.47 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 7 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Geelong 2 . 1 4 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bryant, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Carter, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 3 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
34 Scales, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Scales, Joe ? ? 0 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Dunstone, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 5 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Nicolson, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) ? ? 2 ?
7 Rodgers, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Tayler, Alec ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 10

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