1923 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1923 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Gordon Rattray captained the hosts. Syd Barker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Fitzroy (10.18.78) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 August 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 34,765

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 10.18.78 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 6 . 11 8 . 16 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Essendon 3 . 5 5 . 6 7 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 7 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bryant, Les FPL ? 2 ?
11 Carter, Harold FPR ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm CHF ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie RU ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy BPL ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern HBFR ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive FF ? 2 ?
6 Gale, Len RO ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie FB ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon RU ? 2 ?
2 Molan, Stan CHB ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy HFFL ? 3 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
36 Scales, Joe BPR ? 0 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les C ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Syd (c) RU ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet HFFR ? 2 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WR ? 0 ?
33 Hardy, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe BPR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry CHF ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince FB ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy C ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank RO ? 1 ?
27 Marchesi, Val WL ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin FPR ? 1 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFL ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

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

Fitzroy Coach: Vic Belcher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Donaldson 18 V. Irwin 13 J. Harrison 29 G. Collins

11 H. Carter 3 C. Fergie 23 L. Bryant 24 G. McCracken

FORWARD 6 L. Gale

HALF-BACK



11 C. Farrell 6 T. Fitzmaurice 26 K. Adam



7 G. Rattray (c) 12 N. Cockram 30 P. Parratt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 V. Marchesi 15 R. Laing 28 J. Garden



19 F. Williams 31 L. Warren 14 A. Dickens FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 S. Barker (c)

HALF-FORWARD 3 N. Beckton

30 G. Shorten 7 H. Hunter 17 G. Campbell 24 F. Maher

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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 C. Hardy 25 G. Stockdale 16 J. McCarthy



36 J. Scales 4 H. Jenkin 27 T. Corrigan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Syd Barker