1947 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1947 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round five of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Fitzroy (19.18.132) defeated St Kilda (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 19.18.132 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 7 10 . 8 14 . 15 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
St Kilda 1 . 0 3 . 8 4 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 67 FITZ by 76 FITZ by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Brown, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 3 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 3 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Smith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 Carmody, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 Dimble, Murray ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Kerr, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
29 Lundberg, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Stamps, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Stretton, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

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