1939 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1939 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round nine of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Bill Luff captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Harry Hunter.

Fitzroy (11.15.81) were defeated by Essendon (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 0 . 5 6 . 9 11 . 12 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FITZ by 10 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Essendon

Captain: Bill Luff
Coach: Harry Hunter (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

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 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 2 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 2 ?
8 Jacobs, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 2 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 5 ?
27 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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