1949 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1949 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round one of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Fred Green captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (11.10.76) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 April 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.10.76 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 7 10 . 14 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FITZ by 7 STKL by 5 FITZ by 26 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Fred Green
Coach: Fred Froude

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Goal Umpires

N. Grant

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 6 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Carroll, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
26 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
16 Lewis, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 3 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 3 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 4 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

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