1946 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1946 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round three of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Fitzroy (20.19.139) defeated Geelong (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 May 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 20.19.139 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 14 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Geelong 0 . 3 1 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin FITZ by 22 FITZ by 57 FITZ by 60 FITZ by 76 FITZ by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 7 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 3 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Smith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 3 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Icke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
4 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 3 ?
9 Park, Keith ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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