1947 VFL Season: Fitzroy

These are the details of the premiership results for Fitzroy for the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Brunswick Street Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Richmond in the first semi final, Fitzroy were defeated by Essendon in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Club: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 126.7)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Brown, Jim #4 9 5 R01-07, R09, R19
Chanter, Vic #24 13 0 R09-19, SF, PF
Chipp, Don #3 3 1 R03-04, R16
Clay, Bert #31 19 9 R01-14, R16-18, SF, PF
Coates, George #2 15 18 R05-14, R17-19, SF, PF
Collins, Jack #1 8 10 R01-07, R10
Curcio, Frank #18 18 1 R01-05, R07-17, SF, PF
Curtin, Claude #33 18 25 R01, R03-08, R11-19, SF, PF
Denning, Clen #32 21 0 R01-19, SF, PF
Fields, Allan #23 16 7 R04-08, R11-19, SF, PF
Hart, Eddie #25 16 64 R01-03, R07, R09-14, R16-19, SF, PF
Hart, Kevin #16 2 2 R15-16
Hoskins, George #14 19 0 R01-18, PF
Hughson, Fred #6 21 0 R01-19, SF, PF
Jarvis, Noel #27 20 1 R01-15, R17-19, SF, PF
Johnstone, Norm #17 21 15 R01-19, SF, PF
Kennedy, Dick #9 12 7 R08-13, R15-19, SF
Kettle, Jim #32 8 5 R02-06, R08, R11, R19
McLaughlin, Alan #19 17 1 R01-02, R07-19, SF, PF
Miller, Bob #12 11 1 R01, R07-08, R10-12, R17-19, SF, PF
Monaghan, Leo #26 4 7 R18-19, SF, PF
Nicholls, Reg #20 18 1 R01-03, R07-19, SF, PF
O'Reilly, Neil #35 1 0 R08
Owens, Llew #21 5 3 R11-15
Price, Noel #22 13 11 R01-06, R15-19, SF, PF
Ruthven, Allan #7 20 56 R01-15, R17-19, SF, PF
Shillinglaw, Harold #30 10 0 R02-08, R10, R16, PF
Sier, Ken #10 13 3 R01-10, R15, R19, SF
Smith, Merv #34 6 0 R01-02, R04-06, R09
Stephen, Bill #8 10 0 R01-06, R09, R14-16
Tonn, Heinz #11 6 2 R06, R13-14, R16-18
Toohey, Jack #12 11 6 R09-15, R17-19, SF
Vandersluys, Stan #28 16 13 R01-10, R12-16, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hughson, Fred 21 14 -0- 7 R01-19, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 46 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
26/04/1947 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN FITZ by 23 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
03/05/1947 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN FITZ by 9 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
10/05/1947 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FITZ by 101 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
17/05/1947 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN FITZ by 76 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
24/05/1947 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 38 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
31/05/1947 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 9 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
07/06/1947 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOOT by 34 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
14/06/1947 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN FITZ by 49 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
21/06/1947 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 13 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
28/06/1947 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN FITZ by 11 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
05/07/1947 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN FITZ by 17 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
12/07/1947 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RICH by 6 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
19/07/1947 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY WIN FITZ by 22 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
26/07/1947 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN FITZ by 47 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
02/08/1947 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN FITZ by 14 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
16/08/1947 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FITZ by 11 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
23/08/1947 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN FITZ by 68 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
30/08/1947 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN FITZ by 64 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
06/09/1947 Semi Final Richmond HOME WIN FITZ by 28 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
20/09/1947 Preliminary Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 13 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson