1948 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1948 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Charlie Cameron.

Geelong (13.9.87) defeated Fitzroy (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 10 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.9.87 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 3 7 . 3 12 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Fitzroy 2 . 0 4 . 8 5 . 10 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin GEEL by 33 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Harwood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Fitzroy

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

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