1939 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1939 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Geelong (21.17.143) defeated Fitzroy (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 12 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.17.143 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 12 . 8 15 . 12 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 47 GEEL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 4 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 3 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Tucker, Joe ? ? 4 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 17

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 ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 4 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 2 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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