1923 VFL Season Round 17: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1923 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Harry Curtis captained the hosts with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. Gordon Rattray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Collingwood (12.12.84) defeated Fitzroy (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 September 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 10 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin level COLL by 6 COLL by 22 COLL by 35 COLL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baker, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Buck, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cock, Eric ? ? 2 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
6 Coventry, Syd ? ? 0 ?
4 Curtis, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Lawn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Lingwood-Smith, Hector ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 1 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Saunders, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 1 ?
31 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Atkinson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Carter, Harold ? ? 2 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 2 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
3 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
30 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
7 Rattray, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
36 Scales, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 Sherry, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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