1938 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1938 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round three of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (12.11.83) were defeated by Melbourne (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.11.83 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 8 7 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 6 MELB by 20 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

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 ? ? 3 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 1 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
33 Norman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 1 ?
24 Toohey, Jim ? ? 3 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Trigg, Reg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
10 Catton, Len ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 3 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 2 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 14

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