1924 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1924 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Frank Maher as vice-captain. Jim Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Essendon (9.19.73) defeated Fitzroy (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 August 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.19.73 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 12 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred FB ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Syd (c) FPL ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet WL ? 2 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WR ? 1 ?
12 Gregory, Harry HBFR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince FF ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 1 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (vc) RO ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin CHF ? 1 ?
6 Rawle, George RU ? 1 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFL ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill HBFR ? 1 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) BPL ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les FPL ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm CHF ? 1 ?
29 Collins, Goldie RU ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy C ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern HBFL ? 0 ?
15 Fergie, Clive RO ? 1 ?
9 Freake, Jim FPR ? 3 ?
39 Gordon, George WR ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie FB ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon RU ? 0 ?
38 McMahon, Mike BPR ? 0 ?
2 Molan, Stan CHB ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack FF ? 3 ?
10 Wigraft, Len HFFL ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 7

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

Essendon Coach: Syd Barker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Atkinson (c) 4 H. Jenkin 38 M. McMahon 3 N. Beckton

21 T. Jenkins 18 V. Irwin 1 S. Barker (c) 6 G. Rawle

FORWARD 24 F. Maher (vc)

HALF-BACK



5 E. Elliott 2 S. Molan 18 B. Adams



25 G. Stockdale 16 J. McCarthy 30 G. Shorten



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 A. Dickens 27 T. Corrigan 39 G. Gordon



28 J. Garden 14 C. May 17 G. Campbell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 29 G. Collins

HALF-FORWARD 24 G. McCracken

10 L. Wigraft 12 N. Cockram 19 F. Williams 15 C. Fergie

12 H. Gregory 6 T. Fitzmaurice 15 R. Laing



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 L. Bryant 6 J. Moriarty 9 J. Freake



7 H. Hunter 5 F. Baring 2 C. Donaldson



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Vic Belcher