1927 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1927 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Len Wigraft captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Geelong (12.15.87) defeated Fitzroy (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 25 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 13,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.15.87 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 7 10 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin FITZ by 14 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
7 Donald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 5 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 2 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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