1948 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1948 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eight of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Cameron and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (12.8.80) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 June 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 12.8.80 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 5 10 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Essendon 2 . 5 4 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 9 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jones

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 4 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Newton, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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