1929 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1929 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Charles Chapman captained the hosts. Norm Beckton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Doug Ringrose and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Fitzroy (11.18.84) defeated Essendon (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 August 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 8,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 11.18.84 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 1 3 . 7 5 . 10 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Essendon 3 . 5 4 . 5 6 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 6 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Charles Chapman
Coach: Doug Ringrose (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, Charles (c) ? ? 5 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gall, Robbie ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Hooke, Len ? ? 3 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
8 Niven, Colin ? ? 0 ?
31 Pearce, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Pratt, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 1 ?
19 Sharp, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
4 Stott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 1 ?
15 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
18 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 1 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Sarsfield, Vern ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

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