1934 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1934 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Davies captained the hosts. Alby Morrison captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Wigraft and the visitors were coached by Alby Morrison.

Fitzroy (10.18.78) defeated Footscray (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 August 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 10.18.78 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 5 . 9 7 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Footscray 3 . 2 4 . 3 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin FOOT by 9 FITZ by 12 FOOT by 1 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Davies
Coach: Len Wigraft (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Alby Morrison (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bill Spurling FOOT 14 3
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 2
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 5 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 1 ?
24 Shapter, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Shenfield, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
34 Thompson, Allan ? ? 1 ?
8 Turner, Clete ? ? 1 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Grundy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Honey, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
20 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 Lockhart, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 1 ?
7 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 3 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
2 O'Leary, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Pollard, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 1 ?
16 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
27 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Trim, Ted ? ? 1 ?
23 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 2 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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