1949 VFL Season Round 5: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1949 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round five of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Alec Albiston captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Albiston and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Hawthorn (9.13.67) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 May 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.13.67 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Fitzroy 4 . 2 6 . 9 12 . 11 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin FITZ by 4 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Alec Albiston
Coach: Alec Albiston

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cole

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Albiston, Alec (c) RO ? 1 ?
6 Anderson, Gordon FPL ? 2 ?
9 Austen, Col HBFL ? 0 ?
5 Baldwin, Allan SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Black, Norm C ? 0 ?
29 Boys, Ron FB↓ ? 0 ?
25 Curran, Kevin RU ? 0 ?
26 Fisher, Bob FPR ? 0 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted CHF ? 1 ?
3 Hopper, Ken HFFR ? 0 ?
19 Le Nepveu, Allan HFFL ? 0 ?
20 McKinnon, Vic RU ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter BPL ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive BPR ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 5 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
2 Wain, Fred CHB ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Mel SUB ? 0 ?
27 Worrall, Malcolm WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

A. Baldwin replaced R. Boys during the fourth quarter.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 6 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 2 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Waters, Barry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 21

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Alec Albiston
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






25 K. Curran 5 A. Baldwin
26 B. Fisher 24 A. Prior 6 G. Anderson 20 V. McKinnon 10 M. Williams
FORWARD 1 A. Albiston (c)

HALF-BACK













3 K. Hopper 23 T. Fletcher 19 A. Le Nepveu



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













27 M. Worrall 22 N. Black 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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12 J. Robison 2 F. Wain 9 C. Austen



HALF-BACK



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8 C. Philp 29 R. Boys 14 P. O'Donohue



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Norm Smith