1940 VFL Round 18: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1940 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 18 of the 1940 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Bert Mills captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bert Mills and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Hawthorn
Back: C. Austen, D. Bragg, R. Bell
Half-back: G. Waters, J. Barker, J. Blackman
Centre: A. Angwin, S. Spinks, D. Pirrie
Half-forward: L. Pabst, A. Barelli, W. Culpitt
Forward: K. Landrigan, J. Bohan, B. Graham
Follower: B. Mills (capt.), A. Naismith, J. Carmody
Sub.: B. Moore

Fitzroy
B. Calverley, D. Calverley, W. Dudley, A. Gillespie-Jones, A. Hart, N. Hillard, F. Hughson, M. Hughson, A. Knott, S. McGain, A. Muir, D. Murray, A. Ruthven, M. Sharp, K. Sier, L. Smith, K. Stackpole, J. Tagell, S. Wright

Hawthorn (13.16.94) defeated Fitzroy (5.8.38).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Bohan (8), A. Naismith (2), A. Barelli, J. Carmody, B. Graham
Fitzroy: W. Dudley (2), K. Stackpole (2), D. Murray

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Fitzroy remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 5,500

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 2 10 . 7 12 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin HWTH by 30 HWTH by 50 HWTH by 55 HWTH by 56 HWTH by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bert Mills (Hawthorn), Dan Minogue (Fitzroy)
Captains: Bert Mills (Hawthorn), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Batt

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Angwin, Andrew WL ? 0 ?
5 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
28 Barelli, Alan CHF ? 1 ?
6 Barker, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
29 Bell, Reg BPR ? 0 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim FF ? 8 ?
27 Bragg, Dudley FB ? 0 ?
11 Carmody, Jack RO ? 1 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally HFFR ? 0 ?
18 Graham, Bert FPR ? 1 ?
26 Landrigan, Kevin FPL ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) RU ? 0 ?
22 Moore, Bill SUB ? 0 ?
1 Naismith, Alby RU ? 2 ?
16 Pabst, Len HFFL ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick WR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
32 Waters, Gordon HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 16

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Dudley, Wal ? ? 2 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
13 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Muir, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 1 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
7 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
16 Tagell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Bert Mills
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 B. Mills (c) 22 B. Moore
18 B. Graham 15 J. Bohan 26 K. Landrigan 1 A. Naismith

FORWARD 11 J. Carmody

HALF-BACK













2 W. Culpitt 28 A. Barelli 16 L. Pabst



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













D. Pirrie 8 S. Spinks 4 A. Angwin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













17 J. Blackman 6 J. Barker 32 G. Waters



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













29 R. Bell 27 D. Bragg 5 C. Austen



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Dan Minogue