1939 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1939 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round five of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Harry Collier captained the visitors with, in the absence of Albert Collier, deputy vice-captain Jack Regan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (11.13.79) were defeated by Collingwood (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.13.79 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 6 6 . 9 8 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Collingwood 3 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin FITZ by 1 COLL by 11 COLL by 28 COLL by 37 COLL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Kinnaird

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 1 ?
17 Dennis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 2 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Morison, Jock ? ? 0 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 1 ?
18 Regan, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 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