1933 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1933 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Frank Vine captained the hosts with Colin Niven as vice-captain. Jack Moriarty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Melbourne (9.15.69) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 August 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,962

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.15.69 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin level MELB by 1 MELB by 10 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Frank Hughes

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Moriarty
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barnett, Noel ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
34 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 2 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 1 ?
11 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 3 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
10 Niven, Colin (vc) ? ? 1 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
28 Canaway, Claude ? ? 0 ?
2 Cordner, Jock ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 2 ?
16 Giffen, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Kidd, Jack ? ? 2 ?
19 Mitchell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
13 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Shapter, Ron ? ? 1 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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