1939 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1939 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round twelve of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Ted Ellis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Fitzroy (10.20.80) defeated North Melbourne (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. North Melbourne
Score: 10.20.80 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 16 10 . 20 10 . 20 (80)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FITZ by 16 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 4 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 1 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
24 Tagell, Jim ? ? 2 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 20

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
15 Ellis, Ted (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
13 Rann, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

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