1927 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1927 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round eleven of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Len Wigraft captained the hosts. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (8.7.55) were defeated by Richmond (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 8.7.55 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 5 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Richmond 3 . 4 4 . 6 11 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin RICH by 8 FITZ by 2 RICH by 33 RICH by 56 RICH by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 3 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Gordon, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 7

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 3 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 1 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 7 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
24 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 3 ?
11 Spain, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 9

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