1927 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1927 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Len Wigraft captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Fitzroy (13.11.89) defeated Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 5 10 . 8 12 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 3 . 0 5 . 1 8 . 6 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin FITZ by 17 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 3 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
22 Lean, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 5 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
36 Latham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 4 ?
20 Meade, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 2 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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