1970 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 82.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Noel Zunneberg (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alex Ruscuklic (49)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Murray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Mike #3 10 R01-R03, R06-R10, R12, R22 2
Baker, Bruce #6 7 R03, R05, R07-R11 3
Benison, John #10 8 R04-R05, R09-R10, R12-R14, R19 2
Bennett, Lawrie #27 1 R11 0
Brown, Norm #23 12 R01-R12 3
Crow, Russell #32 21 R01-R04, R06-R22 7
Dare, Norm #2 18 R05-R22 4
Duckworth, John #17 11 R05-R15 0
Ellis, Peter #47 2 R05-R06 0
Herrod, Darryl #19 19 R01-R17, R20-R21 0
Hobbs, Colin #25 8 R03, R10-R11, R13, R15-R18 0
Hodgkin, Bob #35 14 R01-R02, R04, R10-R19, R22 0
Ireland, Robert #8 3 R04, R21-R22 0
Irwin, Warwick #38, #7 5 R04, R19-R22 4
Lazarus, Gary #31 18 R01-R08, R12-R13, R15-R22 15
McCrae, Ian #7 1 R03 0
McGregor, Treva #9 3 R16-R18 4
McKenzie, Barry #4 10 R13-R22 6
Merrigan, Harvey #36 14 R01-R08, R11-R14, R16, R18 2
Murphy, John #5 22 R01-R22 44
Murray, Kevin #1 22 R01-R22 1
Newnham, John #20 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 10
Padley, Barry #14 18 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R18, R21-R22 13
Peoples, Daryl #16 20 R01-R07, R09-R20, R22 14
Renwick, Graeme #37 4 R19-R22 3
Rheinberger, Cec #26 3 R19-R21 0
Rhodes, David #15 7 R08, R14-R15, R19-R22 1
Robertson, Leigh #18 10 R03-R08, R19-R22 0
Ruscuklic, Alex #13 20 R01-R06, R09-R22 49
Searl, Doug #34 8 R14-R15, R17-R22 18
Shanahan, Paul #28 12 R01-R04, R07-R09, R16-R20 10
Shearer, Graeme #29 6 R01-R03, R09-R11 0
Sykes, Bill #24 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 0
Thompson, Alan #21 21 R01-R21 13
Wall, David #33 20 R01-R02, R04-R18, R20-R22 17
Wood, Peter #30 2 R01-R02 0
Zunneberg, Noel #11 22 R01-R22 2

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Stephen, Bill 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/04/1970 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
11/04/1970 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 110 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
18/04/1970 Round 3 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 61 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
25/04/1970 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
02/05/1970 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 5 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
09/05/1970 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 37 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
16/05/1970 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
23/05/1970 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 3 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
30/05/1970 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 2 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
06/06/1970 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 2 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
15/06/1970 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 40 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
20/06/1970 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 26 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
27/06/1970 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 21 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
04/07/1970 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 34 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
11/07/1970 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 28 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
18/07/1970 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 27 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
25/07/1970 Round 17 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 10 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
01/08/1970 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 42 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
08/08/1970 Round 19 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 6 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
15/08/1970 Round 20 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 2 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
22/08/1970 Round 21 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 19 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
29/08/1970 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 59 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray