1938 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1938 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round one of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (12.15.87) were defeated by Collingwood (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.15.87 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 3 5 . 9 9 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Collingwood 1 . 5 2 . 10 10 . 15 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin COLL by 8 FITZ by 17 COLL by 8 COLL by 18 COLL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Boyd, Neil ? ? 0 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Dalley, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
19 Ledwidge, Tom ? ? 1 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 3 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 1 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Trigg, Reg ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Booth, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 1 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Harry ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 5 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Riley, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 4 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 21

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