1939 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1939 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Fitzroy (15.19.109) defeated South Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.19.109 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 7 4 . 9 11 . 16 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
South Melbourne 1 . 1 6 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin FITZ by 24 SMLB by 9 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 46 FITZ by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 4 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 4 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
3 Hillard, Norm ? ? 1 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 0 ?
7 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 9

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