1927 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1927 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Len Wigraft captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

North Melbourne (9.21.75) defeated Fitzroy (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 April 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.21.75 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 10 6 . 16 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 10 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Syd Barker

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Osborne

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
16 Lovett, Joe ? ? 1 ?
8 Lowe, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 3 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 2 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
8 Costigan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 11

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