1940 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1940 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Allan Everett.

Fitzroy (10.27.87) defeated Geelong (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 10.27.87 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 11 4 . 15 8 . 18 10 . 27 10 . 27 (87)
Geelong 0 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin FITZ by 28 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Everett (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 4 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
24 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 1 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 3 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 12

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