1973 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 90.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Garry Wilson (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Garry Wilson (43)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Murphy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Austen, Geoff #25 18 R01-R02, R05-R08, R11-R22 5
Booth, Greg #24 4 R05-R07, R11 0
Brain, Ray #38 4 R06-R08, R13 0
Brown, Norm #23 16 R01-R04, R08-R18, R22 12
Christou, Jim #20 6 R11-R12, R15-R18 9
Crow, Russell #32 6 R03, R07, R09-R10, R21-R22 2
Cruse, Colin #39 13 R09-R16, R18-R22 3
Dare, Norm #2 18 R01-R10, R15-R22 8
Formosa, John #16 1 R21 0
Hayes, Kerrin #49 3 R09-R11 2
Irwin, Warwick #7 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 22
Lloyd, Trevor #28 6 R02, R06-R08, R10, R19 0
Lukas, Andrew #34 8 R13-R14, R17-R22 0
McCulloch, Ian #6 16 R01-R02, R04-R06, R11-R20, R22 5
McMahon, David #19 22 R01-R22 20
Merrigan, Harvey #36 21 R01, R03-R22 0
Molloy, Shane #22 8 R01-R05, R07-R08, R12 0
Murphy, John #5 22 R01-R22 33
Murray, Kevin #1 22 R01-R22 0
Newton, Jack #27 2 R04, R20 3
Noonan, Gerry #30 3 R02-R03, R09 2
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 10 R03-R04, R15-R22 10
Padley, Barry #14 20 R01-R20 8
Renwick, Graeme #37 9 R01-R02, R08-R14 8
Rhodes, David #15 13 R03-R05, R07-R10, R12-R14, R16, R19, R21 2
Richards, Laurie #8 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 16
Robertson, Glenn #26 5 R12-R13, R20-R22 2
Robertson, Leigh #18 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18, R21-R22 0
Ruscuklic, Alex #13 6 R01, R05-R09 11
Sault, Ray #12 8 R10-R17 1
Searl, Doug #4 11 R01-R02, R05-R09, R19-R22 9
Serafini, Renato #10 19 R01-R06, R10-R22 20
Sinclair, Allan #31 5 R03-R06, R14 2
Smith, Chris #35 9 R06-R07, R14-R20 0
Thompson, Alan #21 5 R01-R04, R06 3
Wall, David #9 21 R01-R13, R15-R22 21
Wilson, Garry #29 22 R01-R22 43

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)
Donaldson, Graham 21 9 -0- 12 R01-R13, R15-R22
Campbell, Graham 1 0 -0- 1 R14

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 50 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
14/04/1973 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 57 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
21/04/1973 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 6 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
28/04/1973 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 7 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
05/05/1973 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 37 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
12/05/1973 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 22 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
19/05/1973 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 37 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
26/05/1973 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
04/06/1973 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 47 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
09/06/1973 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
16/06/1973 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 23 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
23/06/1973 Round 12 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 14 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
30/06/1973 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 60 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
07/07/1973 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 37 Graham Campbell John Murphy
14/07/1973 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 12 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
21/07/1973 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 11 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
28/07/1973 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 37 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
04/08/1973 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 12 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
11/08/1973 Round 19 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 45 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
18/08/1973 Round 20 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 4 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
25/08/1973 Round 21 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 23 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
01/09/1973 Round 22 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 16 Graham Donaldson John Murphy