1927 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1927 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round six of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Fitzroy (8.13.61) were defeated by Footscray (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Monday 6 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 8.13.61 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Footscray 1 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin FITZ by 17 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Vic Belcher

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
26 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Anthony, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 1 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 3 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 3 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallace, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 13

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