1929 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1929 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round twelve of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Charles Chapman captained the hosts. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Doug Ringrose and the visitors were coached by Alec Eason.

Fitzroy (9.15.69) were defeated by Footscray (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 July 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 9.15.69 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 4 . 7 8 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Footscray 2 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Charles Chapman
Coach: Doug Ringrose (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Chapman, Charles (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Niven, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 0 ?
25 Scollard, Les ? ? 0 ?
28 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Sharp, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
13 Shiels, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Stott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Watson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 2 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Greenwood, Richard ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 6 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
20 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Sullivan, Gene ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 16

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