1945 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1945 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twelve of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. In the absence of Jack Butcher, Jack Grant captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Hillard and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

Fitzroy (17.27.129) defeated Geelong (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 17.27.129 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 9 . 11 10 . 16 17 . 27 17 . 27 (129)
Geelong 2 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 49 FITZ by 51 FITZ by 96 FITZ by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Norm Hillard (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Jack Grant (acting)
Coach: Jack Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 4 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
21 Crouch, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
26 Hammond, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 1 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 3 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
28 Smith, Len ? ? 3 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
6 Grant, Jack (ac) ? ? 1 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
9 Park, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Tompkins, Neil ? ? 0 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 9

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