1948 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1948 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round four of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Harold Bray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Cameron and the visitors were coached by Fred Froude.

Fitzroy (19.14.128) defeated St Kilda (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 19.14.128 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 4 15 . 12 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
St Kilda 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 6 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin FITZ by 19 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 84 FITZ by 84 FITZ by 84
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Bray
Coach: Fred Froude

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
Cahill, Pat ? ? 1 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
23 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
13 Lumsden, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Mattingly, Dudley ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
30 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 2 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

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