1950 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1950 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (12.17.89) defeated Fitzroy (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 July 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.17.89 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
1 Leehane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bickley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

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