1933 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1933 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round four of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Jack Moriarty captained the hosts. In the absence of Frank Vine, vice-captain Colin Niven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Maher and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (11.16.82) defeated Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Melbourne 3 . 6 7 . 10 9 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 9 MELB by 1 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Moriarty
Coach: Frank Maher

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
Gordon Ogden MELB 32 2
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 3 ?
25 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
35 Heintz, Fred ? ? 1 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
13 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
15 Niven, Ray ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Rourke, Frank ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 2 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 2 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 4 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
10 Niven, Colin (ac) ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Riley, Lou ? ? 2 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

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