1939 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1939 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Ted Ellis as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

North Melbourne (11.9.75) defeated Fitzroy (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.9.75 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 11 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin NMLB by 25 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Ted Ellis
Coach: Keith Forbes

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeffrey, Neil ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
13 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 3 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 4 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

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