1925 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1925 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Vic Samson as vice-captain. Jim Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Chris Lethbridge.

Footscray (13.13.91) defeated Fitzroy (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 August 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.13.91 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 8 . 6 8 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

Fitzroy

Captain: Jim Atkinson
Coach: Chris Lethbridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 2 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 4 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 3 ?
8 Rudd, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill ? ? 3 ?
33 Anderson, Doug ? ? 1 ?
17 Atkinson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Chatfield, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
8 Costigan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Reg ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

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