1932 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1932 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1932 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Frank Vine captained the hosts with Jim Abernethy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Melbourne (15.12.102) defeated Fitzroy (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1932 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 July 1932
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,807

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.12.102 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 1 9 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Fitzroy 5 . 2 7 . 3 8 . 7 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FITZ by 1 MELB by 15 MELB by 44 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Jim Abernethy
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
George Chapman FITZ 4 2
Alan Ryan MELB 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim (vc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Adams, Bill ? ? 2 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
9 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 1 ?
17 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 6 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 1 ?
26 Riley, Lou ? ? 2 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
12 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 2 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Boyd, Harold ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 1 ?
4 Chapman, George ? ? 2 ?
Coller, Ray ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 3 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
26 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 5 ?
8 Niven, Colin ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
2 Roberts, Percy ? ? 0 ?
11 Sexton, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
Taggart, Alf ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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