1944 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1944 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Melbourne (7.10.52) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 7.10.52 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Fitzroy 4 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 10 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin FITZ by 15 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Perry

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
1 Compton, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
4 Hall, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Lancaster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 2 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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