1948 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1948 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round one of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Lindsay White captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Cameron and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Fitzroy (13.14.92) defeated Geelong (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 13.14.92 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Geelong 1 . 2 3 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 26 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 1 ?
30 Kinder, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Williams, Keith ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
13 Burrell, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Harwood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 3 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Whitten, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 16

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