1938 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1938 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Len Thomas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Fitzroy (16.12.108) defeated South Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 6 . 2 14 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
South Melbourne 1 . 1 6 . 3 6 . 3 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FITZ by 31 SMLB by 1 FITZ by 54 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

South Melbourne

Captain: Len Thomas
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Dalley, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
17 Dennis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 5 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 4 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 2 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 1 ?
24 Toohey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 2 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Fletcher, Norm ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 1 ?
16 Howard, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
31 Mason, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 1 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 0 ?
8 Redstone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
7 Sinclair, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

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