1925 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1925 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round eight of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Jim Atkinson captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Lethbridge and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Fitzroy (7.15.57) were defeated by Geelong (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 June 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 7.15.57 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 2 . 8 4 . 9 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Geelong 2 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 15 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin FITZ by 3 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Chris Lethbridge

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
22 Chatfield, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Reg ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 7 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
31 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Sharland, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 15

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