1927 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1927 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Len Wigraft captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Vic Belcher and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Fitzroy (5.13.43) were defeated by Essendon (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 September 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 5.13.43 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 10 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Len Wigraft
Coach: Vic Belcher

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
22 Lean, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
Reichman, Eric ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
Waterhouse, George ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Wigraft, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 3 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Irving, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 6 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 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