1926 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1926 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Gerry Donnelly captained the hosts. Bill Adams captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gerry Donnelly and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

North Melbourne (11.11.77) were defeated by Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.11.77 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 3 FITZ by 5 NMLB by 8 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Gerry Donnelly
Coach: Gerry Donnelly (caretaker)

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Adams
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Wilkinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Barnes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
28 Bolt, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Donnelly, Gerry (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 3 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Nolan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 1 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
8 Costigan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
17 Gordon, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Tarbotton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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