1927 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1927 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Len Wigraft captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Footscray (15.11.101) defeated Fitzroy (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 September 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.11.101 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 8 7 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 3 . 8 3 . 8 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin FOOT by 44 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 75 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 4 ?
24 Day, Roy ? ? 0 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 4 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 11

Fitzroy

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

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