1979 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 122.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Garry Wilson (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Beecroft (83)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Garry Wilson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ron Alexander

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Ron #6 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 2
Allan, Graeme #27 23 R01-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 26
Beecroft, Bob #24 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 87
Bramley, Malcolm #37 4 R01-R02, R20-R21 1
Brown, Brian #2 6 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08 0
Brown, Peter #18 6 R02-R03, R17-R19, EF 1
Carter, Rod #28 1 R02 0
Conlan, Mick #12 20 R01-R04, R07-R09, R12-R22, EF, SF 27
Duke, Wayne #32 1 R03 0
Fowler, Grant #1 5 R09-R13 3
Frazer, John #3 1 R04 0
Hansen, Chris #16 23 R01-R20, R22, EF, SF 6
Harris, Leon #56 20 R05-R22, EF, SF 8
Higgins, Kevin #14 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 0
Irwin, Warwick #7 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 25
Johnston, Peter #44 2 R03, R13 0
Keays, Peter #13 17 R03-R08, R10-R12, R14-R16, R20-R22, EF, SF 0
Lawrie, Grant #34 3 R03, R17, R19 1
MacLeod, Keith #26 2 R01-R02 0
McCarthy, Gerald #23 23 R01-R22, SF 11
McMahon, David #19 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 36
Merrigan, Harvey #36 19 R01-R06, R11-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 5
Mugavin, Noel #35 18 R04-R11, R13-R16, R18-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 6
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 8 R05-R10, R19, R22 5
Poynton, Michael #43 6 R04-R07, R09, R21 2
Quinlan, Bernie #5 22 R01-R02, R05-R22, EF, SF 48
Richardson, Max #15 23 R01-R21, EF, SF 34
Serafini, Laurie #10 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 0
Smith, Chris #8 21 R01-R04, R07-R20, R22, EF, SF 3
Taylor, Neville #33 22 R03-R22, EF, SF 1
Thompson, Alan #21 1 R01 0
Walls, Robert #9 15 R01, R10-R12, R14-R22, EF, SF 30
Wilson, Garry #29 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 46

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 24 16 -0- 8 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 80 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
14/04/1979 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 53 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
21/04/1979 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
28/04/1979 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 57 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
05/05/1979 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 96 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
12/05/1979 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
19/05/1979 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 12 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
26/05/1979 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 54 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
02/06/1979 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 45 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
09/06/1979 Round 10 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 45 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
16/06/1979 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 67 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
23/06/1979 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 42 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
30/06/1979 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 26 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
07/07/1979 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 51 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
15/07/1979 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 17 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
21/07/1979 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 13 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
28/07/1979 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 190 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
04/08/1979 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
11/08/1979 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 67 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
18/08/1979 Round 20 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 16 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
25/08/1979 Round 21 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 51 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
01/09/1979 Round 22 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
08/09/1979 Elimination Final Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 81 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander
15/09/1979 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 22 Bill Stephen Ron Alexander