1938 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1938 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round two of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Footscray (13.17.95) defeated Fitzroy (10.5.65).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.17.95 - 10.5.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 10 7 . 12 11 . 17 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 4 . 1 8 . 3 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Margin FOOT by 46 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Roy Evans
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Boundary Umpires

G. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 4 ?
33 Clay, Alf ? ? 2 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Godfrey, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
35 McGrath, Joe ? ? 0 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
36 Stephens, Billy ? ? 1 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 17

Fitzroy

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

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