1948 VFL Round 16: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1948 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 16 of the 1948 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval.
Alec Albiston captained the hosts.
Allan Ruthven captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Alec Albiston and the visitors were coached by Charlie Cameron.
Hawthorn
Back:
C. Austen, W. Culpitt, B. Dalkin
Half-back:
C. Philp, R. Boys, J. Robison
Centre:
J. Brain, R. Baldwin, A. Le Nepveu
Half-forward:
G. Anderson, T. Fletcher, K. Hopper
Forward:
T. Ferguson, A. Prior, C. Swenson
Follower:
K. Curran, M. Williams, A. Albiston (capt.)
Sub.:
J. Hester, R. Shalless
Fitzroy
A. Ruthven (capt.), V. Chanter, B. Clay, G. Coates, F. Curcio, E. Hart, K. Hart, N. Jarvis, N. Johnstone, D. Kennedy, J. Kettle, A. McLaughlin, E. Moore, G. Nicholls, R. Nicholls, K. Ross, B. Stephen, J. Toohey, S. Vandersluys, K. Williams
Hawthorn (6.7.43) defeated Fitzroy (4.16.40).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: C. Swenson (3), A. Albiston, T. Ferguson, A. Prior
Fitzroy: E. Hart (2), N. Johnstone, E. Moore
As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 11th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1948 VFL Season
Round:
Round 16
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 14 August 1948
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Glenferrie Oval
Attendance:
8,500
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | (43) |
| Fitzroy | 0 | . | 5 | 1 | . | 7 | 2 | . | 11 | 4 | . | 16 | 4 | . | 16 | (40) |
| Margin | HWTH by 3 | FITZ by 4 | HWTH by 13 | HWTH by 3 | HWTH by 3 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Alec Albiston
(Hawthorn),
Charlie Cameron
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Alec Albiston
(Hawthorn),
Allan Ruthven
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
K. Sparks
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albiston, Alec (c) | RO | ? | 1 | ? |
| 6 | Anderson, Gordon | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Austen, Col | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Baldwin, Roy | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Boys, Ron | CHB↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Brain, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Culpitt, Wally | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Curran, Kevin | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Dalkin, Bill | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Ferguson, Tom | FPL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Fletcher, Ted | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Hester, Jack | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Hopper, Ken | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Le Nepveu, Allan | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Prior, Albert | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 12 | Robison, Jim | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Shalless, Ralph | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Swenson, Clarrie | FPR | ? | 3 | ? |
| 10 | Williams, Mel | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 6 | 7 | |||
R. Shalless replaced R. Boys during the third quarter.
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 | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 16 | Hart, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Jarvis, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Johnstone, Norm | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Kennedy, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Kettle, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | McLaughlin, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Moore, Eric | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | Nicholls, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Nicholls, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Ross, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Ruthven, Allan (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Stephen, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Toohey, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Vandersluys, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Williams, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 4 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Hawthorn | Coach: Alec Albiston | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 | K. Curran | 4 | J. Hester | ||||||
| 16 | C. Swenson | 24 | A. Prior | 20 | T. Ferguson | 10 | M. Williams | 17 | R. Shalless | ||||||
| FORWARD | 1 | A. Albiston (c) |
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 3 | K. Hopper | 23 | T. Fletcher | 6 | G. Anderson |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 31 | A. Le Nepveu | 18 | R. Baldwin | 11 | J. Brain | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 12 | J. Robison | 29 | R. Boys | 8 | C. Philp |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 21 | B. Dalkin | 2 | W. Culpitt | 9 | C. Austen |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Fitzroy | Coach: Charlie Cameron | ||||||||||||||