1946 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1946 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Jack Grant captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Geelong (9.9.63) defeated Fitzroy (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 July 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.9.63 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 0 7 . 1 8 . 3 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Grant
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Icke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
37 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Park, Keith ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Tomlinson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Crouch, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 4 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Fox, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 1 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 7

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