1949 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1949 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round four of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (13.15.93) were defeated by Geelong (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 May 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 13.15.93 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 6 . 7 10 . 10 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Merrington

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 3 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 3 ?
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 3 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 1 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 15

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