1941 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1941 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Melbourne (13.12.90) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 April 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,740

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.12.90 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Fitzroy 5 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin FITZ by 5 MELB by 3 MELB by 6 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
35 Ellis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
33 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 4 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Williams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 2 ?
11 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 8 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 2 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
21 Muir, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 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