1979 Elimination Final: Fitzroy v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 8th, 1979
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park (Waverley Park)
Attendance: 49,470
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 17.22.124 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 9 . 4 11 . 9 14 . 17 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 8 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin FIT by 49 FIT by 59 FIT by 75 FIT by 81 FIT by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Bill Stephen (Fitzroy), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captain(s): Ron Alexander (Fitzroy), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Ian Robinson, Rowan Sawers
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 18 1 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 24 11 13 1 0 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 3 11 9 2 1 0 0 5
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 7 0 0 4
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 2 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 4 30 25 5 3 2 4 6
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 28 15 13 9 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 5
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 1 1 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 0 17 11 6 2 8 5 6
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 10 7 3 0 0 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 2 1 0 5
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 42 17 25 7 0 4 2
Rushed 3
Total 17 22 350 219 131 59 30 31 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 3 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 3 0 5 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 8 7 3 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 6 0 0 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 2 0 5 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 2 1 6 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 6 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 1 0 6 2
19 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 1 4 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 8 3 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 2 25 20 5 4 0 5 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 1
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 5 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total 5 13 282 208 74 60 18 60 31

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
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Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

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