1931 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1931 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Fitzroy (7.14.56) were defeated by Essendon (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 June 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 7.14.56 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 5 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Essendon 6 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Essendon

Captain: Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Boundary Umpires

R. Allen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Norm Le Brun ESSE 13 3
Keith Forbes ESSE 1 2
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
19 Bird, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Niven, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Rocchi, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 2 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 2 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Peterson, Reg ? ? 1 ?
Regan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

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