1947 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1947 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Harry Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

Fitzroy (20.18.138) defeated Footscray (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 20.18.138 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 8 . 5 13 . 11 16 . 14 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
Footscray 4 . 4 5 . 9 5 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin FITZ by 25 FITZ by 50 FITZ by 69 FITZ by 64 FITZ by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Brown, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 3 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 3 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Yewers, Clive ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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