1924 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1924 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Jim Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 August 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,487

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.13.67 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 4 4 . 8 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Fitzroy 4 . 2 8 . 10 12 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 50 FITZ by 43 FITZ by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Orchard

Goal Umpires

P. Crowe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Davie, Harry ? ? 4 ?
30 Donaldson, Eric ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
21 Ewer, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
27 Simmonds, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 2 ?
25 Wilson, Percy ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Bryant, Les ? ? 2 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 3 ?
7 Hickey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
2 Molan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 8 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 14

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