1931 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1931 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Ted Baker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Charlie Clymo.

Fitzroy (9.8.62) were defeated by Geelong (9.22.76).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 9.8.62 - 9.22.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 0 4 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Geelong 2 . 7 3 . 12 7 . 15 9 . 22 9 . 22 (76)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Colin Niven

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
Jack Carney GEEL 12 2
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 2 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 Hastie, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
27 Hearn, Roy ? ? 2 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
25 Holmes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
4 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 2 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 1 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 2 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 22

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