1941 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1941 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round two of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Fitzroy (10.15.75) were defeated by Footscray (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 10.15.75 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Footscray 8 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 12 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin FOOT by 43 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Vice-Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
11 Collier, Albert ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 5 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 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 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 2 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 7 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 17

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