1931 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1931 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Colin Niven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Colin Niven.

Footscray (10.12.72) defeated Fitzroy (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.12.72 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 8 5 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 3 . 3 6 . 6 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin FITZ by 13 FOOT by 11 FITZ by 4 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan Hopkins FOOT 1 3
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 2
Arthur Stevens FOOT 26 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
24 Joyce, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 2 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 4 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 2 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Finlayson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
27 Hearn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
35 Heintz, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Niven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 6

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