1950 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1950 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round one of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 2 . 6 6 . 10 8 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FITZ by 1 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 McLeish, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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 50s