1967 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1967 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (8.18.66) defeated Melbourne (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,054

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 8.18.66 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 5 . 9 5 . 11 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 5 8 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin MELB by 5 FITZ by 10 MELB by 14 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 1 1 3
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 4 2
29 Booth, John ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 3 0 5 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 33 2 2
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 3 2
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 2 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 3 2
18 Hallahan, Mike ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 1
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 6 0 5 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 3 3 5 3
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 3 26 23 3 0 0 1 0
40 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 29 24 5 4 0 4 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 3 3 3 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 1 0 3 2
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 3 10 6 4 3 1 1 2
15 Sykes, David ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 2 9 2 3
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 5 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 18 301 245 56 53 56 47 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 24 23 1 7 0 2 0
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
23 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 6
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 0 2 1
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 1 0 4 1
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 10 1 4
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 3 4 1 6
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 1 0 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 5 1 0 7
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 3 3
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 7 0 4 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 3
36 Osborne, Ken ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 1 4 13 13 0 4 0 3 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 2 0 2 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 2
46 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 14 1 2
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 8 274 243 31 70 30 29 48

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