1947 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1947 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

St Kilda (9.9.63) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.9.63 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 0 3 . 3 3 . 3 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Fitzroy 5 . 7 7 . 8 10 . 17 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin FITZ by 37 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 56 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Hogan, Vin ? ? 0 ?
19 Howe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 2 ?
Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
14 Richardson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
3 Chipp, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Tonn, Heinz ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 17

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