1926 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1926 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Bill Adams captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Harry Saunders and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Footscray (8.15.63) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.15.63 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 7 3 . 7 7 . 14 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 8 . 8 9 . 9 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin FOOT by 25 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Adams
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rowe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 2 ?
20 Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 1 ?
Considine, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 4 ?
Knott, Joe ? ? 0 ?
9 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 3 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
17 Gordon, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Hayes, Alf ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 3 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 6 ?
7 Truman, Vic ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 21

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