1935 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1935 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. Charlie Cameron captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Percy Rowe.

Essendon (9.7.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 June 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.7.61 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 5 . 4 8 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 5 . 10 8 . 10 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin ESSE by 26 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Fitzroy

Captain: Charlie Cameron
Coach: Percy Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col ? ? 1 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Prismall, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 2 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
33 Wilson, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Beard, Bert ? ? 1 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 3 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 2 ?
33 Goodhart, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 1 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
23 Saunders, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Watt, Les ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 19

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