1931 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1931 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round five of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Ted Baker captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Charlie Clymo and the visitors were coached by Colin Niven.

Geelong (20.22.142) defeated Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.22.142 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 10 17 . 17 20 . 22 20 . 22 (142)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 69 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Colin Niven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
George Moloney GEEL 14 3
Jack Collins GEEL 10 2
Jack Carney GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Max ? ? 0 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 1 ?
22 Madden, Russell ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 5 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 5 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 2 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 22

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 2 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 4 ?
26 Hogan, Austin ? ? 0 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
12 Rocchi, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Veevers, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

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