1931 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1931 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round two of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Ray Brew captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Fitzroy (13.15.93) were defeated by Carlton (19.19.133).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 9 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 13.15.93 - 19.19.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 5 5 . 6 9 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 10 11 . 14 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Margin FITZ by 14 CARL by 22 CARL by 15 CARL by 40 CARL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Carlton

Captain: Ray Brew
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Boundary Umpires

B. Corbett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cecil Kerr FITZ 9 3
Joe Kelly CARL 7 2
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 2 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 2 ?
26 Hogan, Austin ? ? 0 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Allen, Les ? ? 5 ?
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 5 ?
26 Brew, Ray (c) ? ? 2 ?
16 Brooks, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 3 ?
23 Crowe, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Downs, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Martyn, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Scharp, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 19

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