1944 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1944 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

North Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.12.78 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 9 . 3 13 . 10 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin FITZ by 1 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 39 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
26 Daly, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 5 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bickerton, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
33 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 2 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 3 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 4 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 11

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