1931 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1931 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Fitzroy (11.11.77) defeated Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 5 . 7 7 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 11 FITZ by 11 MELB by 11 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
Bob Johnson MELB 16 2
Cecil Kerr FITZ 9 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 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
12 Fleming, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 1 ?
22 Hartney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
35 McDougall, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Niven, Ray ? ? 3 ?
36 Pearce, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Collins, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 1 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 1 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 2 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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