1939 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1939 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round six of the 1939 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 (11.13.79) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.13.79 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FOOT by 31 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 21
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

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 2 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 1 ?
21 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Catton, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 1 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 5 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 5 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 10

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