1931 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1931 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Garnet Campbell captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Colin Niven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Garnet Campbell and the visitors were coached by Colin Niven.

Essendon (15.7.97) defeated Fitzroy (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 September 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.7.97 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 7 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
Syd Carman ESSE 11 2
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 7 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
30 Peterson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Roberts, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 1 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 5 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 8

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