1927 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1927 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round sixteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Len Wigraft captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (14.11.95) defeated Collingwood (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 August 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 14.11.95 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 5 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Collingwood 4 . 2 10 . 6 12 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin level COLL by 33 COLL by 3 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 2 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
22 Lean, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 6 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
Reichman, Eric ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 11

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 2 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 3 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 1 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 1 ?
27 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 10

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