1927 VFL Season: Fitzroy
These are the details of the premiership results for Fitzroy for the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Brunswick Street Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1927 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Club:
Fitzroy
Home Ground:
Brunswick Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
9th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 85.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batchelor, Arthur | #3 | 6 | 0 | R01-02, R05-07, R15 |
| Bols, Lou | #1 | 18 | 3 | R01-18 |
| Cashman, Jack | #11 | 12 | 22 | R01-09, R11-13 |
| Chapman, Charles | #20 | 18 | 26 | R01-18 |
| Cockram, Norm | #12 | 9 | 6 | R01-09 |
| Collins, Goldie | #29 | 6 | 1 | R01-06 |
| Corrigan, Tommy | #27 | 15 | 2 | R01, R03-05, R07-11, R13-18 |
| Costigan, Frank | #8 | 6 | 1 | R01-04, R07-08 |
| Donald, Bill | #7 | 1 | 0 | R09 |
| Elliott, Ern | #5 | 6 | 0 | R04-06, R09-11 |
| Foley, Steve | #18 | 12 | 0 | R03-08, R12-14, R16-18 |
| Gibbs, George | #21 | 8 | 1 | R10-17 |
| Gordon, George | #17 | 2 | 0 | R10-11 |
| Hayes, John | #26 | 1 | 0 | R06 |
| Hellwig, Gordon | #9 | 14 | 1 | R01-03, R05-06, R09-14, R16-18 |
| Hickey, Tom | #37 | 9 | 6 | R02-05, R12-15, R17 |
| Jenkin, Horrie | #4 | 6 | 0 | R01-05, R15 |
| Kemp, Cyril | #28 | 10 | 0 | R01, R03-04, R12-18 |
| Lean, Jack | #22 | 5 | 3 | R10, R14-16, R18 |
| McCracken, Gordon | #24 | 13 | 9 | R02-03, R07-14, R16-18 |
| Millen, Jack | #35 | 15 | 14 | R01-04, R08-18 |
| Milne, Roy | #14 | 14 | 1 | R01-02, R06-11, R13-18 |
| Moriarty, Jack | #6 | 18 | 83 | R01-18 |
| O'Rourke, Jack | #15 | 4 | 2 | R03-06 |
| Reeve, Willis | #16 | 17 | 0 | R01, R03-18 |
| Reichman, Eric | 6 | 0 | R12-13, R15-18 | |
| Toovey, Claude | #34 | 15 | 0 | R02, R04-05, R07-18 |
| Warren, Les | #31 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Waterhouse, George | 1 | 0 | R18 | |
| White, Bert | #33 | 14 | 8 | R01, R05-12, R14-18 |
| Wigraft, Len | #10 | 15 | 1 | R01-02, R04, R07-18 |
| Williams, Bill | #32 | 4 | 0 | R06-08, R12 |
| Williams, Fred | #19 | 15 | 0 | R02, R05-18 |
| Wood, Lockie | #23 | 8 | 0 | R01-02, R06-11 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher, Vic | 18 | 6 | -1- | 11 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/04/1927 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 4 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 07/05/1927 | Round 2 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 27 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 14/05/1927 | Round 3 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 34 | Vic Belcher | unknown |
| 21/05/1927 | Round 4 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 17 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 28/05/1927 | Round 5 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 64 | Vic Belcher | unknown |
| 06/06/1927 | Round 6 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 30 | Vic Belcher | unknown |
| 11/06/1927 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 26 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 18/06/1927 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 15 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 25/06/1927 | Round 9 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 7 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 02/07/1927 | Round 10 | Essendon | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 09/07/1927 | Round 11 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 56 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 16/07/1927 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 15 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 23/07/1927 | Round 13 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 6 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 30/07/1927 | Round 14 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 12 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 06/08/1927 | Round 15 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 7 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 27/08/1927 | Round 16 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 7 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 03/09/1927 | Round 17 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 29 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |
| 10/09/1927 | Round 18 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 51 | Vic Belcher | Len Wigraft |