1925 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1925 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round two of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Wels Eicke captained the hosts with Billy Smith as vice-captain. Jim Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wels Eicke and the visitors were coached by Chris Lethbridge.

North Melbourne (6.3.39) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.3.39 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 3 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 3 (39)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin FITZ by 14 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wels Eicke
Vice-Captain: Billy Smith
Coach: Wels Eicke

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Chris Lethbridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Clapson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Doherty, Jock ? ? 0 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Goonan, Alf ? ? 4 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
3 Lindsay, Duncan ? ? 0 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
23 McIntosh, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Melville, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Billy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 1 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 3

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
8 Costigan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Smith, Reg ? ? 1 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 1 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 16

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