1941 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1941 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Tom Arklay captained the hosts with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Metherell and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Geelong (13.16.94) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 23 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 4,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 8 9 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 8 . 9 10 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin FITZ by 1 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 3 ?
16 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 3 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 1 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 16

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
37 Besford, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
11 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 7 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 5 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 13

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