1969 VFL Round 2: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1969 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 2 of the 1969 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, G. Brandt, A. Budd, R. Cook, I. Davison, R. Dowsing, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, G. Jacobs, G. John, G. Lambert, T. Leahy, H. Matthews, H. McAuliffe, K. Phillips, D. Priest, J. Sudholz, F. Way

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), J. Benison, M. Cole, R. Crow, D. Hellings, C. Hobbs, B. Knight, G. Lazarus, B. McKenzie, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, B. Padley, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, G. Shearer, P. Wood, H. Worrall, N. Zunneberg

South Melbourne (14.14.98) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: K. Baskin (3), R. Dowsing (3), G. Jacobs (2), G. John (2), G. Brandt, R. Cook, H. McAuliffe, J. Sudholz
Fitzroy: D. Searl (8), B. Padley (2), R. Crow, B. Knight, B. McKenzie, S. Molloy, J. Murphy

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Fitzroy were then 7th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,314

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.14.98 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Fitzroy 6 . 1 9 . 6 11 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 19 SMLB by 4 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: John Rantall (South Melbourne), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Matheson
Goal Umpire: K. Pawley
Boundary Umpire: M. Williams

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 3 16 13 3 5 0 3 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 2
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 1
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 5 0 2 4
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 6 1 3 1
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 0
27 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 2 0 4 6
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 2 2 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 3 18 14 4 7 0 4 4
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 4 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 1 0 4 2
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 5 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 28 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 279 225 54 64 31 53 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 5 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 7 12 0 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 5 5
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
27 Knight, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 0 4 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 12 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 5 0 2 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 1 2 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 2 10
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 5 0 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 1 0 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 5 0 2 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 8 1 18 14 4 11 0 1 5
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 3
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 256 218 38 65 30 37 53

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