1944 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1944 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round two of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Pat Fricker captained the hosts with Alan Williams as vice-captain. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Collingwood (11.17.83) were defeated by Fitzroy (19.17.131).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 15,500

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.17.83 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Fitzroy 5 . 5 9 . 7 16 . 14 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin FITZ by 20 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 43 FITZ by 48 FITZ by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Pat Fricker
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Boundary Umpires

D. Cranch

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arnott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
4 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 1 ?
11 McIntosh, Neil ? ? 0 ?
12 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Noonan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 3 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
32 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Brooks, Merv ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 1 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 3 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrick, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 5 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 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