1924 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1924 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Jim Atkinson captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Fitzroy (12.15.87) defeated Melbourne (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 June 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 5 . 5 10 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Melbourne 2 . 7 3 . 10 5 . 11 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin level FITZ by 7 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 46 FITZ by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Vic Belcher

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Maguire

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill ? ? 2 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 3 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
8 Cosgrave, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Donnellan, Steve ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
15 Fergie, Clive ? ? 1 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
34 Scales, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
6 Egan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Ewer, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
31 Glasscock, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 2 ?
34 Moore, Vern ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Percy ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 11

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