1940 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1940 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round eleven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Fitzroy (17.8.110) defeated Footscray (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 17.8.110 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 11 . 4 17 . 7 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Footscray 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 39 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 4 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
24 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 3 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 1 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 8

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 2 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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