1940 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1940 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round three of the 1940 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 Dan Minogue.

Geelong (16.19.115) defeated Fitzroy (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 8,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.19.115 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 4 9 . 6 14 . 13 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin GEEL by 30 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 6 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 1 ?
27 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 3 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 2 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 1 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
16 Tagell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 8

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