1930 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1930 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round three of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Fitzroy (15.9.99) were defeated by Melbourne (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.9.99 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Melbourne 3 . 6 8 . 10 11 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 12 MELB by 13 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
28 Beggs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
15 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 4 ?
13 Chapman, Charles ? ? 7 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
12 McKenzie, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Pearce, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Sharp, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
18 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 1 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 2 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 5 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 1 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 3 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

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