1937 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1937 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Haydn Bunton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Geelong (16.19.115) defeated Fitzroy (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.19.115 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 7 7 . 11 14 . 18 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Fitzroy 2 . 0 5 . 5 5 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 67 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 5 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Miller, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 19

Fitzroy

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

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