1941 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1941 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (16.8.104) were defeated by Melbourne (18.18.126).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 16.8.104 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 9 . 2 12 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 12 13 . 16 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Margin FITZ by 3 FITZ by 2 MELB by 17 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 2 ?
10 Cox, Colin ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 6 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 1 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, Harold ? ? 2 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 4 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 18

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