1931 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1931 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round four of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

Fitzroy (10.15.75) were defeated by Footscray (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 10.15.75 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 7 . 13 8 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin FOOT by 9 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 4 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Footscray

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

T. Shorten

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bill Spurling FOOT 14 3
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 2
Arthur Batchelor FITZ 3 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 2 ?
26 Hogan, Austin ? ? 2 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 2 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
4 Veevers, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 2 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 3 ?
27 Bazin, Leon ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 3 ?
24 Joyce, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 1 ?
28 Sherman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 12

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