1937 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1937 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round five of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Haydn Bunton captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Fitzroy (11.16.82) defeated South Melbourne (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
South Melbourne 0 . 2 1 . 9 6 . 14 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin FITZ by 16 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 3 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 3 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
5 Hughson, Les ? ? 1 ?
32 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Allen, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Fletcher, Norm ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
4 Hedge, Alf ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
8 Leask, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
35 Mullane, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Pettiona, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 18

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