1939 VFL Season Round 16: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1939 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. In the absence of Harry Collier, vice-captain Albert Collier captained the hosts with Jack Regan as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Collingwood (16.8.104) defeated Fitzroy (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.8.104 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 9 . 3 12 . 4 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Fitzroy 4 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin level COLL by 16 COLL by 17 COLL by 31 COLL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Albert Collier (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 1 ?
2 Collier, Albert (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 7 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 1 ?
18 Regan, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 3 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
3 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 2 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
24 Tagell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

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