1952 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1952 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Footscray (6.9.45) were defeated by Fitzroy (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 June 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,085

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.9.45 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 2 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin FITZ by 8 FOOT by 7 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Wright

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
32 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Beal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Phillips, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Harding, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

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