1924 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 1: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1924 between Essendon and Fitzroy during the first round-robin final round of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. 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 (8.10.58) defeated Fitzroy (2.6.18).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: First Round-Robin Final
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 September 1924
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,522

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 8.10.58 - 2.6.18

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	0	.	2	4	.	6	4	.	10	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Fitzroy	0	.	1	1	.	3	1	.	5	2	.	6	2	.	6	(18)
Margin	ESSE by 1			ESSE by 21			ESSE by 23			ESSE by 40			ESSE by 40
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

A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
5	Baring, Fred	FB	?	0	?
1	Barker, Syd (c)	RU	?	0	?
2	Donaldson, Clyde	BPL	?	0	?
11	Farrell, Charlie	HBFR	?	0	?
6	Fitzmaurice, Tom	CHB	?	1	?
28	Garden, Jack	WL	?	0	?
12	Gregory, Harry	BPR	?	0	?
7	Hunter, Harry	FPL	?	0	?
21	Jenkins, Tommy	FF	?	3	?
15	Laing, Roy	HBFL	?	0	?
24	Maher, Frank (vc)	RO	?	2	?
14	May, Charlie	C	?	0	?
16	McCarthy, Justin	CHF	?	1	?
6	Rawle, George	RU	?	0	?
30	Shorten, George	HFFL	?	0	?
25	Stockdale, Greg	FPR	?	1	?
8	Sullivan, Jimmy	WR	?	0	?
10	Watt, Rowley	HFFR	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				8	10

Fitzroy

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

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	10	L. Wigraft	1	S. Barker (c)
	25	G. Stockdale	21	T. Jenkins	7	H. Hunter	6	G. Rawle
FORWARD							24	F. Maher (vc)
HALF-BACK
	18	B. Adams	2	S. Molan	5	E. Elliott
	10	R. Watt	16	J. McCarthy	30	G. Shorten
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	F. Williams	27	T. Corrigan	14	A. Dickens
	8	J. Sullivan	14	C. May	28	J. Garden	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							29	G. Collins
HALF-FORWARD							24	G. McCracken
	7	T. Hickey	21	J. Tarbotton	3	A. Batchelor	15	C. Fergie
	11	C. Farrell	6	T. Fitzmaurice	15	R. Laing
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	9	J. Freake	6	J. Moriarty	23	L. Bryant
	12	H. Gregory	5	F. Baring	2	C. Donaldson
BACK
Fitzroy							Coach: Vic Belcher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Syd Barker behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	??:??
	ESSE	Charlie May behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	??:??
	FITZ	Arthur Batchelor behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	??:??
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			2.6.18	-	1.2.8	??:??
	ESSE	Justin McCarthy goal	3.6.24	-	1.2.8	??:??
	ESSE	Frank Maher goal	4.6.30	-	1.2.8	??:??
	FITZ	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	1.3.9	??:??
Q3		unknown behind	4.?.?	-	1.?.?	??:??
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		unknown behind	4.10.34	-	1.5.11	??:??
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			8.10.58	-	2.6.18	??:??

Links

1924 VFL Season

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