1929 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1929 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round three of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Charles Chapman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Jim Freake.

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Fitzroy (12.4.76).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,920

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.17.107 - 12.4.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 10 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Fitzroy 5 . 1 6 . 1 9 . 4 12 . 4 12 . 4 (76)
Margin FITZ by 23 MELB by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Charles Chapman
Coach: Jim Freake

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rodwell

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 1 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 1 ?
28 McCrae, Henry ? ? 2 ?
38 Moodie, Jim ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 4 ?
1 Chapman, Charles (c) ? ? 3 ?
2 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 1 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Huggins, Neville ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
17 MacKay, Colin ? ? 0 ?
27 McMahon, Mike ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Niven, Colin ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 1 ?
30 Schenk, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
4 Stott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 4

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