1947 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1947 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (18.22.130) defeated Essendon (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 18.22.130 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 7 . 12 13 . 18 18 . 22 18 . 22 (130)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 9 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin ESSE by 11 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 68 FITZ by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 9 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 2 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
11 Tonn, Heinz ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 22

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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