1941 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1941 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round six of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Tom Arklay captained the visitors with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Len Metherell.

Fitzroy (17.14.116) defeated Geelong (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 17.14.116 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 11 . 4 14 . 9 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Geelong 2 . 4 5 . 7 5 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin FITZ by 22 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 50 FITZ by 41 FITZ by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Geelong

Captain: Tom Arklay
Vice-Captain: Joe Sellwood
Coach: Len Metherell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 7 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 2 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
9 Nicolson, Max ? ? 0 ?
30 Palmer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 4 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

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