1947 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1947 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. George Gniel captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Geelong (10.10.70) were defeated by Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.10.70 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 6 . 10 10 . 10 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 15 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
1 Jerram, Doug ? ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 5 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
21 Owens, Llew ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

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