1964 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1964 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. The hosts were coached by Tommy Williams and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (7.9.51) were defeated by Melbourne (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 June 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,727

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.9.51 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 4 2 . 4 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Melbourne 3 . 6 4 . 10 14 . 14 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 18 MELB by 82 MELB by 67 MELB by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Williams (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 ?
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 0 ?
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
33 McRae, Colin ? ? 1 ?
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 ?
35 Mitchell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
39 Newnham, John ? ? 1 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Rogerson, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
17 Sleep, Colin ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 3 ?
24 Storer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Vinar, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bartlett, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 ?
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 2 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 1 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 4 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
17 Watson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

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