1937 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1937 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Haydn Bunton captained the hosts. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Fitzroy (11.9.75) defeated Essendon (8.18.66).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 11.9.75 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Essendon 0 . 3 5 . 13 7 . 15 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin FITZ by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 8 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
28 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 McInnes, Russell ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 2 ?
35 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 White, Allan ? ? 1 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Coates, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Howard, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 1 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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