1950 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1950 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round ten of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) were defeated by Geelong (9.19.73).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 June 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 7.11.53 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 2 . 6 4 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Geelong 3 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 12 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Lamb

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bickley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 1 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Watson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
2 McKee, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Pritchard, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 19

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